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The pilots flying for the merged American Airlines and US Airways will soon be voting on a new contract in an effort to avoid arbitration and secure an initial pay raise. The contract is the final proposal offered by American Airlines Group in November. The board of the Allied Pilots Association Union agreed late last Saturday to accept the contract proposal, but now it must be voted on by the rank-and-file APA members. Most pilots can relate to a historical aviation pioneer that they feel a kinship with, and for Amanda Harrison of Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, UK it’s the aviatrix Amy Johnson. Harrison hopes to one day to recreate Johnson's 1930 flight from England to