By Doug Cunningham

The Air Line Pilot's Association has not yet reached an agreement with Northwest Airlines, and a New York bankruptcy judge could weigh in soon with a decision on whether or not to approve Northwest's motion to throw out the union's contracts.

But Northwest has reached a tentative agreement with the Professional Flight Attendants Association, subject to a vote of the membership.
No details of the agreement were released, but the union says Northwest dropped a demand to outsource 30 percent of flight attendant jobs to Asia.

Northwest has been pressuring its unions for $1.1 billion in givebacks while in bankruptcy court. Talks are continuing with the pilots, who have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike that could kill Northwest if the bankruptcy judge throws out their contracts. Northwest wants $358 million in cuts from the pilots.

Meanwhile, the International Association of Machinists at Northwest
are voting on concessions of approximately $190 million.

New York bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper could allow more time for the pilots and Northwest to reach an agreement or he could impose Northwest's conditions on the pilots, almost certainly triggering a strike.