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SYDNEY - Virgin Blue pilots are considering strike action over stalled negotiations about pay and working hours.
Eighty-seven per cent of Virgin pilots have rejected a company offer to increase their A$156,000 ($176,350) salaries on condition they improve their productivity, News Ltd newspapers report today.
Talks will resume with airline management this week.
The airline is ready to hire 150 more pilots to fly a new international Pacific service once it secures new jets worth A$2.5 billion.
Talks between the Australian Federation of Air Pilots and management have dragged on for the past two years without result.
Under the airline's formula the pilots' salaries would increase to a maximum of A$168,000.
- AAP
