The Associated Press reports this afternoon that United Airlines says it has reached an agreement with ALPA to “limit what the company calls work slowdowns that forced cancellation of hundreds of flights and cost millions of dollars.”

Neither the airline nor the union is talking specifics about just what was worked out. But whatever it is, supposedly this “agreement” will be in effect until hearings are held Aug. 27-28 on the airline’s suit seeking a preliminary injunction against the union.

According to the report, all parties met in open court on Thursday to schedule hearings. When it became clear that the hearing on the preliminary injunction would not take place until the end of the month, U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow asked the parties to reach an agreement protecting United from excessive cancellations.

The parties met behind closed doors in Lefkow’s chambers on Friday morning and then canceled a second session set for Friday afternoon.

Instead, the airline said that an order would be filed with the court setting Aug. 27-28 for the hearing on the preliminary injunction.

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