Northwest Pilots Ratify Pay-Cut Deal

Northwest Airlines Corp. pilots ratified a temporary pay-cut deal on Monday that gives the nation's fourth-largest airline some of what it wants while negotiations continue on permanent concessions.

The vote was 63.6 percent in favor of the temporary pay cuts, said Hal Myers, spokesman for the Northwest branch of the Air Line Pilots Association.

The deal will slash hourly pay rates by 23.9 percent, saving Northwest, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September, $215 million per year. That's on top of a 15 percent wage reduction that took effect last year.

Pilots for Eagan, Minn.-based Northwest earn $35,000 to $206,000, depending on seniority and the planes they fly.

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