United To Offer 13 Pct Pay Increase To Pilots - Report

United Airlines is offering pilots a 13 percent pay increase in 2016 in a contract that would put them at or near the top of the US airline industry's pay scale, according to a media report.

The 2016 increase would be followed by annual increases of 3 percent and 2 percent, Bloomberg said, citing two people briefed on the plan.

United's contract with the Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA) had been due to run until early 2017. The union and the airline in early October agreed to enter into talks to negotiate an extension of the contract, ahead of original plans to open talks in 2016.

The company does not discuss proposed labour agreements, a United spokesman said in an email. ALPA was not available for comment.

United's management has been focusing on securing contracts following a leadership change in September. New chief executive Oscar Munoz, now on temporary leave following a heart attack, has said the integration of United and Continental since their 2010 merger had been "rocky" for employees and customers.