Even though it was a small group, and negotiations had not generated a lot of press, just as one of our readers pointed out here this week — there was one other union group, besides the flight attendants, at Northwest, that had to come to terms with the airline.

That group was the flight simulator techs, who are represented by the IAM.

Wednesday it was announced that Northwest and the IAM have come to terms on a tentative agreement for the group.

Both the simulator techs and the flight attendants now have to ratify their respective contracts.