Southwest Airlines agrees to a tentative labor deal with its 11,000 pilots after more than 3 years of negotiations

The Dallas-based provider mentioned Tuesday it was happy to succeed in the settlement in precept, which it known as a “key milestone.”

Particular phrases of the settlement weren’t disclosed, however pilots at American, United and Delta have received raises of roughly 40% over 5 years.

The Southwest pilots opened a “strike middle” in Dallas final month and twice requested federal mediators for permission to start a 30-day countdown to a strike, however they have been rejected each instances.

The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association mentioned its 25-member board of administrators will consider the settlement and if accepted, will current it to the roughly 11,000 pilot members.

The tentative deal come simply weeks after flight attendants at Southwest rejected a tentative deal after 5 years of talks throughout which the group didn’t obtain raises.