April 5, 2003

Salary Cut for United Chief, But He Retains Other Pay Glenn F. Tilton, the chief executive of UAL, the parent of United Airlines, will take a 14 percent cut in his base salary this year, but his stock and cash bonuses and other compensation, worth millions, will remain intact. The salary reduction by Mr. Tilton follows similar moves by several airline executives this week and comes amid growing criticism of the compensation for airline executives at a time when the industry is struggling. But several other executives who agreed to pay cuts also agreed to give up bonuses. [Page C3.]

Northwest Airlines is seeking permission to shore up its pension funds with stock of subsidiary airline Pinnacle Airlines, more stock than law generally allows; Pan Am was permitted similar move in 1989 and went out of existence soon after; some Pan Am pilots are still litigating pension benefits they lost; Northwest pension funds would wind up with more than 10 percent of their assets in stock of Pinnacle; many Northwest employees fear that their company's current plan amounts to pension grab; government documents show Northwest still owes its pension plans $182 million for 2002 to comply with federal law; airline says its total required contributions for 2003 and 2004 cannot yet be calculated; chart; photo (M)

Analysis of new dangers facing 20,000 Army soldiers and marines as they prepare to take Baghdad, city of 4.5 million defended by 15,000 to 20,000 Special Republican Guard troops and security forces; American commanders are developing several strategies for complex phase of war ahead; urban setting will force them to be far more selective in use of air power (M)

Iraq war is disclosing rift at colleges around nation between professors shaped by Vietnam protests and more conservative students traumatized by Sept 11, 2001 terrorism; prowar student groups have sprung up at some schools; student support for war dismays many professors (M)

New York State Governor George E Pataki criticizes New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg for pushing for greater share of federal security aid that will be given to state to help combat terrorism; Bloomberg hopes for 80 percent of $650 million allocation to go to city, while Pataki would like to see state get more than 20 percent; Pataki indicates that Bloomberg's insistence on greater share might hurt his request for commuter tax (M)