2026 – Allegiant Local 2118

GOM Changes Resolved, CBA Protections Reinforced

April 16, 2026/by Joshua Martin

Fellow Pilots,

Your union was able to reach an agreement with the company that effectively eliminates the early 2025 GOM revisions relating to pilot contact that were adopted by the Company and not in compliance with our CBA and past practice.

At the core of this settlement is a clear reset of the communication expectations to those existing before the Company’s changes. The final language ties pilot obligations directly to the concept of Positive Contact, which is defined in our contract. This means that while on duty, pilots are only required to respond to Crew Scheduling when that standard has been met. That is, the pilot must be notified in person by a non-crewmember (e.g. a gate agent) that they need to contact Crew Scheduling. Pilots assigned to flying duty from a RAP remain subject to the requirements of Section 16.E.4 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

The resolution with the Company also clarifies that if Flight Operations leadership attempts to contact a pilot while on duty and the pilot misses the call for non-disciplinary or operational control matters (not scheduling issues), the pilot must respond as soon as practicable and no later than the end of that duty period. Flight Ops leadership may reach out to pilots while they are off duty to discuss these matters, but a pilot is not required to respond while they are on rest. The much broader and more aggressive requirements from the Company’s earlier GOM revisions has been removed and replaced with language that is consistent with our contract.

In addition, all discipline rendered under these GOM changes and associated with these GOM changes has been rescinded.

As part of this resolution, the Union has withdrawn the related disciplinary grievances, bringing this matter to a close. The Company agreed to cover all costs associated with the cancelled arbitration proceedings. Additionally, with resolution of these arbitrations, we were able to convert the days scheduled into additional contract negotiation dates.

This is a solidly positive result for our pilot group. We successfully pushed back on company overreach, reinforced the protections in our CBA, and secured the removal of discipline from pilots’ records without incurring the risks, time, or costs associated with arbitration.

Fraternally,

Your Executive Board

Negotiating Committee Update – April 10, 2026

April 10, 2026/by Joshua Martin

Fellow Pilots,

In response to a bridge agreement proposal from the Company on March 31 and an updated PBS LOA on April 8, today, the Union provided the Company with a counter-proposal for a bridge agreement that includes substantial pay increases, maintenance of our high quality insurance benefits, improvements to retirement, improved working conditions, and a PBS LOA. On the subject of the PBS LOA, the parties are now reviewing final language in preparation for a tentative agreement.

The purpose of any acceptable bridge agreement from the Union’s perspective is to ensure that Allegiant pilots receive long overdue improvements to their pay, benefits and working conditions in anticipation of bargaining for additional improvements in the near future when there are negotiations over a contract covering the combined Allegiant and Sun Country pilot groups.

The Union’s proposal delivers long overdue improvements for Allegiant pilots – pilots who have made this merger possible through their hard work, dedication and sacrifices – while ensuring that the Company’s legitimate interests are addressed.

The National Mediation Board has scheduled sessions for April 16, April 17, May 7, May 8, and tentatively May 14, 15 and May 18. We look forward to receiving a reply to our proposal when negotiations resume next week.

Fraternally,

Your Negotiating Team

2026 Q1 Newsletter – Scheduling Committee Update

April 6, 2026/by Joshua Martin

Scheduling Committee Update

Something we contend with month to month is the company’s published projections on the number of Pure Lines, Composite, and Reserve Lines. This is a best guess, “good faith” estimate of what the company is predicting when the bid lines are awarded. Occasionally, the actual results can vary quite a bit from the published projections, but is CBA compliant.

Make sure when you bid, you bid your line preference in the order you wish it to be awarded. We have seen issues where pilots did not want a high PCH line and would have preferred reserve. Keep in mind, it’s virtually guaranteed in high fly months, most of the awarded lines will be high PCH and built to the higher end of the PCH window.

I would also make sure you bid enough trips to ensure you meet the published PCH values. Every month we see pilots that have failed to bid enough trips and get forced into a composite line or reserve by fractions of an hour. One method you can use is the “No Pref” option and the solver will use the low PCH bid window and the high PCH window allowing more flexibility. Sorting trips by PCH vs. show time, for example, would have also helped some pilots get lines over past months.

As many of you have noticed by now, the company is constructing more multi day pairings. Currently the company has stated there is no intention of moving away from our out-and-back model but some of our bases had a significant percentage of multi-day trips. The reason for most of these pairings is to cover transition training in other bases. I would expect this to continue for some time.

We are also working alongside the company to bring CAE’s replacement for Merlot crew scheduling software online. More to come on this in the future.

Lastly, we’re looking for a few more volunteers to join the scheduling committee. Ideally we are seeking West coast pilots. Knowledge of section 15, NavBlue, and Excel are desired. Please send us an email if interested.

Fly safe!
Scheduling Committee
Scheduling@apa2118.org

Negotiating Committee Update – April 6, 2026

April 6, 2026/by Joshua Martin

Fellow Pilots,

Your Negotiating Team was in Las Vegas March 31st through April 2nd for a scheduled mediated session with the company at Allegiant Headquarters. Jack Stephan, the NMB assigned mediator, also traveled to Las Vegas to attend this session in person.

On the first day of the session, March 31st, your Negotiating Team received a response from the company on the Union’s full-language PBS LOA pass from the previous week. While the proposal did include some areas of movement in the Unions direction, it also included some areas that required further analysis and a counterproposal.

Shortly after that presentation the company presented your Negotiating Team with a proposal to reach amendments to the CBA on an expedited basis. After this presentation, your Negotiating Team went back to the Local Union office to begin to analyze and develop responses to the company’s proposals.

During the second day, April 1st, your Negotiating Committee continued to carefully analyze and diligently work into the evening on the two documents presented to your Negotiating Committee the previous day.

After working internally for most of the third day, April 2nd, your Negotiating Team met with the mediator and company. We provided an update on our progress. We told them that the plan was to have a full-language response to the company’s PBS LOA proposal by the close of business Friday April 3rd, which is what we did. We expect management to respond later this week. We continue to work the company’s expedited CBA proposal and plan to respond to the company soon.

The company and your Negotiating Committee have scheduled more mediated sessions for the following dates:

April 17th, May 7-8th, and tentatively May 14-15th, and May 18th

Your Negotiating Committee remains focused on achieving the contract this pilot group deserves. We appreciate your continued support. Look for additional updates after we respond to the company.

Fraternally,

Your Negotiating Team

The On Call Steward: a 24/7 Resource for our Pilots

April 6, 2026/by Joshua Martin

Fellow Pilots,

As of April 1, the committee has instituted an on call steward to be available to pilots at all times. Pilots can contact the on call Steward via the main union office phone number (702) 268-7591 (Option #2), with immediately time-sensitive questions or issues. Questions that are not time-sensitive should instead be emailed to stewards@apa2118.org and will be answered promptly.

Stewards are experts in Collective Bargaining Agreement language and interpretation and can act as representation for pilots in everything from disagreements with crew services to potentially disciplinary Section 18 meetings. Stewards also review and shepherd the grievance process and are happy to assist pilots in writing or submitting grievances properly. We strongly encourage pilots to contact the stewards if an assignment seems to be illegal or in violation of the contract. While it’s always good to ask fellow pilots for advice, to get the official union position pilots should contact the stewards.

Q: I have an issue and I’m not sure which committee to contact, where should I start?

A: Contact your union stewards at stewards@apa2118.org or for an immediately time-sensitive issue call (702) 268-7591 (Option #2).

Fraternally,

Your Steward Committee

2026 Q1 Newsletter – Fatigue Committee Update

April 2, 2026/by Joshua Martin

Fatigue Committee Update

The Fatigue Committee encourages all pilots to review the following quick list of fatigue‑reporting do’s and don’ts.

Do’s and don’ts for fatigue reports:

Do: if you need it, use the program.

Fatigue is an essential safety program, and it is our responsibly as pilots to never operate an aircraft if we ever feel it would be unsafe to do so. Pilots can also file proactive reports – which are purely informational and do not constitute actually calling out fatigued – if they feel an assignment or schedule is likely to cause fatigue or a report in hindsight if they have actually experienced fatigue in flight, as this data can be very useful to safety efforts.

Don’t: forecast fatigue.

A pilot is considered to be forecasting fatigue if they claim fatigue in advance of actually experiencing it. Pilots should call out only when they feel they are not able to operate the immediately upcoming leg, simulator event, or deadhead without any remaining opportunity to achieve rest. Phrases such as “looking ahead at my long duty day” are likely to result in a rejected report.

Do: Be concise.

The joint union and company panel that reviews fatigue reports is responsible for determining the primary cause of fatigue including if it was operationally or non-operationally induced. Please avoid extraneous or irrelevant details if possible. As fatigue reports are part of a vital safety program, please refrain from commenting on unrelated concerns such as contract negotiations or stations issues in your report.

Don’t: use AI

The FRRC has seen an uptick in fatigue report language that appears to be AI-generated. We would strongly caution our pilots against using AI without due concern for the potential inaccuracy, open-source security issues, or due professionalism these safety reports necessitate.

Fly safe,
Fatigue Committee
fatigue@apa2118.org

2026 Q1 Newsletter – HIMS Committee Update

April 2, 2026/by Joshua Martin

HIMS Committee Update

Your APA 2118 HIMS Committee has been working to develop an updated HIMS Program Manual. Our goal is not just to bring our program up-to-date with industry standards, but to achieve an industry leading HIMS Program. Allegiant has been cooperatively working with us to provide more financial assistance to our participants. Our new Manual is aimed to secure better financial assistance for our pilots while working to obtain a Special Issuance Medical Certificate, as well as updated language and protections in other Program areas.

HIMS National hosts multiple educational seminars throughout the year. In May, APA 2118 is sending two volunteers to the HIMS Advanced Topics Seminar to gather up-to-date information so that we can continue to provide our participants a Program geared toward making the process of obtaining a Special Issuance as seamless and efficient as possible.

Your APA 2118 HIMS Committee continues to work to give our pilots an excellent HIMS Program. We thank our volunteers, and everyone involved for helping to make that possible.

Fly safe,
HIMS Committee
hims@apa2118.org

2026 Q1 Newsletter – Hotel Committee Update

April 2, 2026/by Joshua Martin

Hotel Committee Update

To reiterate on the previous email sent out last week, your hotel committee is very happy to see the beginning of the rollout of Navan for all crewmembers’ bookings. As stated, this will be done in sections with instructors getting the initial self-booking benefit. Line crews will eventually be able to self-book training but that will be communicated later when that is officially available. As for now Crew Services and Crew Travel will be using Navan to make Crew hotel and airfare bookings. If you haven’t already done so, please download the Navan app to your personal device or your company iPad. Once you have it installed you will then set up your profile including all of your loyalty numbers. For the time being the hotel and flight information will still be on your Merlot notes (we have been told) but it will eventually only show on the Navan app. One of the benefits of using the Navan app is the presence of the digital credit card within the app itself. Should you run into a situation where the hotel says they do not have a card on file, (which will be much more of a rare occurrence with Navan) you will be able to pull up the credit card attached to the booking and instantly send it to the hotel. Please watch out for further updates from the company as more functionality is added.

Rental cars continue to be a top question. Rental cars are not guaranteed by the CBA. If you are on a charter that has a rental car it will show up in the Navan app. If not, then that charter does not require a rental car for the crews. The continuing multi-day pairings for scheduled service will not include rental cars.

The company has informed the committee that the issues of rooms being cancelled for the PUJ crews with early arrivals into PUJ has been resolved and should not happen again. Please continue to reach out to the committee if you have issues in PUJ. If you are booked into a hotel that is not in the below list and you have questions, please reach out to the committee.

Inspected PUJ Hotels

4 Points Airport
Westin Airport
Live Aqua
Royalton/Royalton Splash

PUJ Hotels on the Do Not Book list:

AC by Marriot
Occidental

Please reach out to the committee with any other issues.

Fraternally,
Your Hotel Committee

2026 Q1 Newsletter – Training Committee Update

April 2, 2026/by Joshua Martin

Training Committee Update

March 1st saw the start of the 2026 training cycle. This includes a new R-LOFT that will be focussed on CRM and other non-technical skills, and will be primarily graded as such. This is especially important for our First Officers who are considering Captain Upgrade, and will be an excellent opportunity to practice command decision making!

This year’s simulator training cycle includes:

Airbus

MT – PC – R-LOFT (Note: Three events, no EET this year)

Boeing

MT – PC – FSB – R-LOFT

CBT for RGS subjects pays slightly differently on the Boeing and Airbus fleets due to differences in the respective Systems CBTs. As a reminder, RGS systems courses have an FAA-approved grace month, and will be assigned on the first day of the month prior to the month it’s due. Fatigue and HAZMAT courses DO NOT, and will be assigned on the first day of the month it’s due. CBT pay is paid on the 15th paycheck following completion. If you complete all your CBT courses on the month they are assigned, your pay will be across two paychecks. If you wait and complete all the courses in the month they are due, you will be paid for all CBT courses on the 15th of the following month.

For example, your base month is April. You are assigned RGS March 1st (due April 30th), and assigned HAZ/FAT April 1st (due April 30th). If you complete RGS in March, and FAT/HAZ in April, you’ll be paid RGS April 15th, FAT/HAZ May 15th. If you complete them all in April, you’ll be paid for all May 15th.

The CBT pay for 2026 is as follows:

Airbus

RGS 15.0

FAT and HAZMAT 2.0

Winter Ops 2026 TBD (2025 was due in September and paid 1.0)

Employee Relations 1.0 (Ethics, Harassment, Team Member Handbook)

TOTAL 18.0 (plus 2026 Winter Ops)

Boeing

RGS 13.0

FAT and HAZMAT 2.0

Winter Ops 2026 TBD (2025 was due in September and paid 1.0)

Employee Relations 1.0 (Ethics, Harassment, Team Member Handbook)

TOTAL 16.0 (plus 2026 Winter Ops)

The new Las Vegas Training Center has received approval from the FAA for ground training, and RGS is anticipated to start in April. Currently the first class is scheduled for April 9th.The Airbus Simulators are currently going through certification, and it’s anticipated they will be operational starting in May.

Flight Ops Management will make every effort to let you know if your training event will be at the new location. Please DO NOT go to the new Training Center unless your training event has been confirmed to be at the new location, or until Management confirms that all new training will be held there going forward.

Fly safe,
Training Committee
training@apa2118.org

2026 Q1 Newsletter – FOQA Committee Update

April 2, 2026/by Joshua Martin

FOQA Committee Update

SARA Pilot Web Interface (PWI)

The FOQA Team is excited to announce the testing of a new front-end tool, the SARA Pilot Web Interface (PWI). This software will provide pilots with direct, user-friendly access to FOQA data on your iPad shortly after block-in.

With PWI, you will be able to review your personal flight data, identify any flagged events, and monitor trends over time. The goal is to support effective self-debriefing and enhance individual performance through greater insight and awareness. This is expected to be available by the end of 2026.

Sneak Peek: SARA PWI

This is the main screen from your personal flight. You will find the flight into, any event tags, snapshots, and comments. Seen here are some snapshots your flight has recorded for your review. You will also be able to leave comments for the Gatekeepers.

(Below) This is an overall snapshot that shows your personal FOQA data and how it compares to the overall average.

(Below) You will have the ability to see the risk of a specific event in a system-wide airport format. In this screenshot example, descending below 10,000 ft at speeds greater than 250 knots has shown highest risk at CHS, LAX, DAY, and BGR.

(Below) You can filter by a specific airport to see the airport specific event average. In the screenshot example, TCAS events are highest risk in PGD at 17.31%.

FOQA Data Request

Until this tool becomes active, pilots may continue to request their personal FOQA data at any time via the link found on the FOQA Committee page on the APA 2118 site.

You may also use the direct link: FOQA Data Request – Allegiant Local 2118

To process your request, the on-call Gatekeeper will require your company email address (typically in the format FIRST_NAME.LAST_NAME) and the request must pertain to a flight you personally operated.

As a reminder, all data remains de-identified and is protected under the FOQA MOA.

In Solidarity,
FOQA Committee
foqa@apa2118.org