Eastern, Pilots Union Meet: Strikebound Eastern Airlines...

Eastern, Pilots Union Meet: Strikebound Eastern Airlines and its pilots union met under court order, negotiating for the first time since Eastern sought permission last week to cancel the pilots’ contract and impose wage and other concessions. Representatives of Eastern and the Air Line Pilots Assn. met with David I. Shapiro, the court-appointed examiner overseeing the airline on behalf of the federal bankruptcy court. The discussions, ordered late last week by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Burton R. Lifland, are expected to continue through the week.