By Doug Cunningham

Northwest Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Assoication have reached a tentative agreement that heads off a move by Northwest in bankruptcy cout to void its unions contracts. Few details have been released, but Northwest says it got the $358 million in concessions it was after.

This tentative agreement, if approved by the members of the Airline Pilots Association, could end the standoff over concessions between Northwest and its unions. Northwesyt filed for bankruptcy in September of 2005 and sought $1.1 billion in concessions from its unions.