Pilots at American Airlines will vote again on whether to approve a contract offer from the company, which has been operating under bankruptcy protection for nearly a year.
The Allied Pilots Association board on Friday accepted a tentative agreement with the airline and will send it to union members to consider.
The 7,500 pilots rejected a previous company offer in August, and American responded by getting bankruptcy court approval to impose pay and benefit cuts.
The pilots are the last union group that hasn’t approved a cost-cutting contract since American and parent AMR Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection.
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