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NEW YORK (AP) - A bankruptcy judge ruled Monday that if Delta Air Lines Inc. pilots want to challenge the company's decision not to make certain pension payments, they need to file a lawsuit.
Judge Prudence Carter Beatty did not rule on the merits of a motion the pilots filed seeking reinstatement of the payments. Instead, the judge indicated they need to follow procedure and she recommended that Delta meet with its pilots to try to come to a resolution outside the court.
"I think the next step is we talk to the company and find some middle ground which is something she (the judge) encouraged," said Dean Booth, a lawyer for the pilots. "She suggested that we call the debtor (Delta) and we intend to do that."
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