May 15, 2012 - Late yesterday, the Delta pilots’ Negotiating Committee, of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l, reached a tentative agreement (TA) with Delta management on an amended collective bargaining agreement, more than seven months in advance of the December 31, 2012, amendable date. In a letter to the Delta pilots, Delta MEC chairman Capt. Tim O’Malley wrote, “The Negotiating Committee and its expanded team have accomplished a great deal of work in the last two months, reaching a comprehensive Section 6 agreement in just over two months, a process that normally takes years.”

Beginning today and throughout the week, the tentative agreement will be presented to the Delta MEC, the union’s governing body, for deliberation. Until that process is complete, details of the TA will not be released.