The article below from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by psa188@xxxxxxxxx /--------- E-mail Sponsored by Fox Searchlight ------------\ I HEART HUCKABEES - OPENING IN SELECT CITIES OCTOBER 1 From David O. Russell, writer and director of THREE KINGS and FLIRTING WITH DISASTER comes an existential comedy starring Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Hupert, Jude Law, Jason Schwartzman, Lily Tomlin, Mark Wahlberg and Naomi Watts. Watch the trailer now at: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/huckabees/index_nyt.html \----------------------------------------------------------/ Leaders for US Air's Pilots to Revisit Deal on Pay Cuts October 4, 2004 By MICHELINE MAYNARD Leaders of the US Airways pilots' union will meet tomorrow in Pittsburgh to resume debate over a tentative agreement that would grant $300 million in wage and benefit cuts to the airline. Union officials failed to agree at a two-day meeting over the weekend in Charlotte, N.C., on whether to send the deal to members for a vote. Approval by the master executive council of the Air Line Pilots Association, which represents US Airways' pilots, is needed before all pilots can vote on the deal. Leaders from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, who represent the majority of the airline's pilots, asked for more time to consider the pact's details, Jack Stephan, a spokesman for the pilots' union, said yesterday. "Clearly, there is still some resistance by the Pennsylvania delegation to sending this thing out," Mr. Stephan said. Despite the delay, the pilots' union scheduled a series of information meetings to explain the tentative agreement to pilots. Those meetings run through Oct. 14. The union has not yet determined when voting will take place, Mr. Stephan said. US Airways submitted a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, its second in two years, on Sept. 12. The move came after union members did not grant the airline's bid for $800 million in cuts. US Airways has since increased its demand to $950 million in cuts. Last month, it asked a federal bankruptcy court to impose emergency pay cuts of 23 percent on its unions, and asked for reductions in pension payments and other steps. Without the emergency cuts, US Airways could liquidate by mid-February, the airline said in a court filing. A judge is set to hear the request at a hearing on Thursday. Under the federal bankruptcy code, companies can seek emergency cuts and can file another motion asking that labor contracts be set aside completely and be replaced with less-expensive terms, unless it reaches agreements with its unions. Depending on what happens with the tentative deal, US Airways could still seek emergency cuts for the pilots' union, and replace them later with the terms of a ratified deal. The airline has reached agreements with a few small labor groups, but is still negotiating with flight attendants, mechanics and reservations agents. The tentative agreement calls for pilots to take an 18.25 percent wage cut. US Airways' contribution to their pension plan would be sharply reduced. The airline also said it would eliminate health care coverage for retirees, a move it plans for all its labor groups, meaning workers would have to rely on Medicare after age 65. Because pilots at major airlines are required by the federal government to retire at age 60, the temporary agreement would allow pilots to pay for company medical coverage until they reach 65. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/04/business/04air.html?ex=1097903429&ei=1&en=f8cca6f02d775357 --------------------------------- Get Home Delivery of The New York Times Newspaper. Imagine reading The New York Times any time & anywhere you like! Leisurely catch up on events & expand your horizons. Enjoy now for 50% off Home Delivery! Click here: http://homedelivery.nytimes.com/HDS/SubscriptionT1.do?mode=SubscriptionT1&ExternalMediaCode=W24AF HOW TO ADVERTISE --------------------------------- For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact onlinesales@xxxxxxxxxxx or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help@xxxxxxxxxxxx Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company