The Allied Pilots Association and American, a unit of AMR Corp., are scheduled to resume contract talks on Feb. 10 in Washington. APA president James Sovich said he asked for an initial meeting with the company to present the union's economic analysis of its contract proposals. The agenda calls for each side to make presentations, said Al Comeaux, a spokesman for American.
Negotiations are unlikely.
It's both sides presenting where they're at. Last month, APA members voted down a tentative accord that had been under negotiations for more than two years. It would have given pilots stock options and a 5 percent raise over four years in exchange for productivity improvements. Both management and union leaders had agreed the contract kept American's pilots at the top of the industry in pay. Still, the union says pilots at other airlines are negotiating contracts and likely to win big raises.