United Pilots Vote in Favor of Contract, Easing Merger

Pilots at United Continental Holdings Inc. voted in favor of a joint contract that will allow them to mesh ranks more than two years after their carriers merged to create the world’s largest airline.

Sixty-seven percent of those participating in the vote approved of the agreement, the United and Continental chapters of the Air Line Pilots Association said in a statement. About 98 percent of the 10,193 eligible pilots voted, the company and the union said.