Bankrupt AMR Corp., parent of American Airlines, has agreed with its pilots' union on language for a new labor deal to be voted on by union members, Reuters reported on Friday. AMR has been in talks with the Allied Pilots Association (APA) as it tries to reduce labor costs and emerge from bankruptcy. The APA's board on Friday presented a "counter-proposal" to offers from AMR management, which the company accepted. The contract must be ratified by the union's roughly 7,500 pilots, who rejected a previous labor proposal in August. AMR has already reached new collective bargaining agreements with unions representing its flight attendants and ground workers.
