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Apr 13, 2008 9:16 am US/Central

NWA Pilot Leaders Due To Meet Amid Merger Buzz

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) ― Leaders of the pilots union at Northwest Airlines are scheduled to meet in Bloomington today to discuss merger issues.

People familiar with the discussions between Delta and Northwest said last week that Delta is deciding whether to push ahead with a combination with Northwest without a prearranged deal between their pilots.

Leaders of Delta Air Lines' pilots union met in a special session in Atlanta on Friday.

The usual approach in airline combinations has been to have pilots work out a joint union contract after a deal is announced.

Atlanta-based Delta and Eagan-based Northwest took a different approach for months, figuring that if they could obtain full pilot agreements in advance they would reap the benefits much sooner.

But the two pilot groups haven't been able to agree on seniority issues.



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