WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- US Airways and its flight attendants appeared closer to agreement Friday after union negotiators approved a tentative contract.
The new pact, which now must be approved by the group's 5,400 members, calls for a 9 percent cut in workers' pay and benefits, but would save the airline about $94 million a year.
The flight attendants' agreement leaves the machinists union as the sole holdout, the Washington Post said.
Meetings meanwhile continue with the machinists. An agreement with that group would bring the airline close to the $1 billion in savings the company said it needs from workers to emerge from bankruptcy protection.
Both the machinists and the flight attendants staunchly opposed the airline's demand for pay and benefit cuts.
US Airways wants about $255 million in annual savings from the machinists and fleet service workers represented by the machinist union.
