Delta management and it’s pilots union ALPA have reached a last minute tentative agreement to avoid a company ending strike just hours ago. The details of the agreement have not been announced and the 5,930 pilots will have to affirm it.

The deal reached by negotiators will first be presented to the union’s Master Executive Council next week, according to a memo to pilots from Lee Moak, chairman of the council. If the council approves the deal it would be sent out for a ratification vote, which typically takes several weeks.
“We will not hurry,” said Moak. “We will proceed in an unrushed, methodical manner.”
Delta confirmed that negotiators reached a deal but, like the union, didn’t disclose details of the agreement that had been hammered out during a marathon series of meetings in Washington and New York.
“We are going to respect the [union leadership’s] review process,” Delta financial chief Ed Bastian said in a written statement. “We have worked hard together as a team to forge an agreement that is good for Delta and all of its constituents.”
Delta, which filed for Chapter 11 protection in September, said the agreement is also subject to approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York. via ajc.com.