Article: DELTA AND PILOTS' UNION CONTINUE TALKS.(News)

Byline: Harry R. Weber Associated Press

ATLANTA -- Intense talks between negotiators for Delta Air Lines Inc. and its pilots union continued for a third straight day Thursday without word of an agreement on long-term pay and benefit cuts that could avert a crippling strike at the nation's third-largest carrier.

The closed-door discussions at a New York hotel could go into the weekend. A Saturday deadline looms for an arbitration panel to decide whether to void the pilot contract to allow the Atlanta-based airline to impose up to $325 million in cuts.

The pilots union has threatened to strike if its contract is thrown out. Delta, which has been ...

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