Negotiating Committee – May 13, 2025
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May 13, 2025 Fellow Pilots,
Allegiant’s Proffer Response Letter As you are aware, Allegiant management sent the National Mediation Board (NMB) their response to the Union’s request for a proffer of arbitration. The document is full of startling admissions and outright fabrications. Allegiant’s arrogance and hubris remains unmatched. Mr. Fishburn asserts that the Union would produce a lengthy diatribe in response; their fabrication-ladened letter ensures no such response is necessary. Their submission amounted to an unsubstantiated, 5-page complaint form, in which they could provide no evidence – based rebuttal of the Union’s factful and data-driven analysis on the issue of unstacking. Their silence on the core issue was an admission to our pilots and the NMB that the Union is correct when it comes to the existence of an impasse on unstacking, which has caused a total breakdown in negotiations. Management’s “4D” playbook of delay, deflect, discredit, and deceive hardly makes worthwhile reading material, much less changes the facts on the ground: The company’s bargaining positions are extreme, concessionary, not operationally necessary, well outside of industry standards, and are proposed specifically to avoid agreement. The company has not provided ANY factual, data-driven, or evidence-based rebuttal to the contrary. Management clearly admitted a preference for certain negotiators and representatives in the Union—an unprecedented admission of their attempts to influence and gain control over the Union, the Negotiating Committee, and our bargaining priorities. They have erased any reasonable doubt of their continued attempts to interfere and influence Union affairs, exactly as we previously stated. They continue to disparage the experience of those who hold them accountable at the bargaining table and while insisting they have the right to determine who represents you and what is in your CBA. They do not. Mr. Fishburn then arrogantly claims that your legal right to strike is merely “nothing more than a PR stunt” — suggesting that 97% of Allegiant pilots who voted to strike the carrier are mere fools and Union puppets. This “PR stunt” rhetoric is no surprise to those familiar with this carrier. Mr. Fishburn and the rest of his team learned the “PR stunt” dog whistle from the Chairman himself; textbook Allegiant. Rather than fairly rewarding your efforts for your priceless contributions to this organization, Maury Gallagher and his team hold you in contempt for unionizing. Allegiant’s own extreme and unreasonable bargaining positions on foundational working conditions have deliberately brought these negotiations to a standstill, yet they blame the Union for delays. Since the current CBA went into effect, pilots have filed over 6,000 grievances, with an overwhelming number of those related to scheduling issues. It is clear that yet another arbitration over basic scheduling rules at Allegiant would be futile, as management’s past history – and its May 9, 2025 letter to the NMB – makes clear. A 30-day cooling off period is the fastest way to a fair contract for Allegiant pilots.
Hold the line! In Unity, Captain Joshua Allen Captain Jay Killen Captain Brad Keller Captain J.R. Lynch Captain Jim Cole |
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