Northwest, pilots reach workload deal

By JOSHUA FREED, AP Business Writer 6 minutes ago

MINNEAPOLIS - Northwest Airlines Corp. and its pilots made a deal Wednesday
that would ease pilots' workloads in an effort to stop the end-of-the-month
cancellations that have plagued the airline.

Northwest was forced to cancel hundreds of flights at the ends of June and
July because it couldn't find enough pilots. The airline had said more pilots
than usual weren't showing up for work; pilots said they were overworked
under a new, tougher schedule implemented under bankruptcy.