The pilots union at United Airlines voted to reject an agreement that would have allowed the airline more staffing flexibility in exchange for improvements in pilots' working conditions, signaling dissatisfaction among the pilots.About 68 percent voted against the tentative agreement. About 88 percent of United's roughly 6,500 pilots voted.
The union demanded the airline renegotiate terms after United Airlines parent UAL Corp. posted profits after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year. The pilots took pay cuts and agreed to the termination of their pension plan by the company during the bankruptcy.
The contract changes would have raised the minimum number of hours certain pilots must fly each month. The airline expected
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