American Airlines pilots approve contract with 46% higher pay

FORT WORTH, Texas: In a move that highlights the bargaining power held by pilots in an era of airline staff shortages, American Airlines pilots have approved a new contract that includes more than $9.6 billion in total pay and benefits increases over four years.

Some 72.7 percent of the pilots voted in favor of the agreement, which will result in an immediate pay raise of more than 21 percent, said the Allied Pi