New York CNN —American Airlines (AAL) agreed to raise its pilot contract offer by more than a billion dollars to bring it on par with the tentative agreement competitor United Airlines reached with its pilots last week. The total offer reaches about $9 billion dollars in incremental compensation and benefits, CEO Robert Isom said in a call with pilots Friday. Isom said the United agreement “changed the landscape” and had wages that were higher than Delta’s original negotiations. Last week, United Airlines pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, reached a deal in principle with the airline, giving the pilots up to a 40% raise. Last week, APA President Ed Sicher said in a statement it is “dead obvious” their union’s existing tentative agreement is “woefully deficient by comparison” to the tentative agreement reached by its competitor airline’s pilots.

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Persons: Robert Isom, Isom, “, ” Isom, ”, Ed Sicher Organizations: New, New York CNN — American Airlines, United Airlines, Allied Pilots Association, Board, Air Line Pilots Association, American Airlines Locations: New York, Delta