Communication Committee Update – August 26, 2025
Fellow Pilots,
We are standing at a pivotal moment in our fight for fair treatment and a future worthy of the sacrifices we make every day to keep Allegiant Air flying. For over four years, our management has failed to deliver on the most basic promise to its workforce: fair compensation and respect. Now, as negotiations stall and management scrambles to undermine our unity, we must recognize just how close we are to victory—and why standing shoulder to shoulder has never been more important.
Look at what’s happening at the Long Island Rail Road. A coalition of unions representing over 55% of the workforce endured years of stonewalling, hollow proposals, and deliberate delay tactics. They entered mediation under the supervision of the National Mediation Board and participated in seemingly endless rounds of mediation. Last week, recognizing that further mediation would prove futile, the NMB released those five unions from mediation, triggering the 30-day cooling off period and the possibility of a legal strike.
Our right to strike is an economic weapon of last resort, but it is our right nevertheless. While time is always on the carrier’s side, the negotiations process can only endure management’s continuous stalling, unrealistic demands, and bad faith tactics for so long. Likely facing the same challenges, the LIRR unions showed patience, unity, and resolve and demanded no less than what they are worth. The Allegiant pilots have made the same choice. We stand united to achieve our goal of a fair and equitable contract that reflects the value that each and every one of you bring to this airline — and time is running out.
Allegiant’s management knows this—and they are terrified. That’s why executives are desperately flying out to our bases, only to find few (if any) pilots willing to listen to another round of propaganda. That’s why they peddle fear, support decertification/ALPA, and continually try to fracture our solidarity. They know their position is collapsing and they are running out of time and options. They see your unity and they know, one way or another, that properly investing in their pilots is simply inevitable.
Let’s be clear: this management team has failed the airline and its pilots at every turn. They are the ones who’ve led us into this crisis, who cannot be trusted to negotiate in good faith, and who are now trying to weaponize their repeated, embarrassingly public failures into a campaign against us. Allegiant pilots must join with investors, regulators, and the flying public and share the message clearly reflected in management’s failures and Allegiant’s stock performance: We have lost all confidence in Allegiant’s leadership or Board of Directors to run this airline.
With respect to negotiations, we have sacrificed too much to falter now. Management is betting on fatigue, hoping that delay will break our spirit. But they underestimate us. Every time they stall, every time they try to divide us—they only prove our point. We are stronger, more united, and closer to crossing the finish line than ever before.
This is our moment. Stand with your union. Toe the line. Reject fear. Reject division. Together, we will achieve the respect, fair contract, and management that we deserve.
Stay focused. Stay united.
Ignore the noise. Trust the facts.
In solidarity,
Captain Robert Skiles
Communications Committee Chairman
