Court Update From Trustee – May 21, 2025

Allegiant Pilots,

Today, after two days of testimony, Judge Gordon issued a Preliminary Injunction against the union, preventing us from striking or performing any work action. The judge, familiar with Allegiant, deferred to the FAA POI’s “Acceptance” of the Temporary Bulletin change issued by the company.

The Union disagrees with the POI and continues to believe that the revised bulletin is non-compliant with the FARs and FAA interpretations of Pilot Rest. However, the judge seemed to understand the dispute and issues created regarding the pilots’ new obligations to the company. In the company’s testimony today, the company stated multiple times that pilots are not required to be contactable on days off or during their rest period. As a mitigation to the new GOM provisions, the judge suggested that Allegiant pilots could get “burner phones” and provide those numbers to Allegiant. This would allow us to take advantage of our negotiated days off and regulatory rest.

For now, regarding the two items in dispute in the GOM Revision 66, we are prohibited from any strike or other work action. Additionally, union officials are barred from either encouraging, promoting, or calling for any type of strike or work stoppage. It’s imperative that the pilots follow this court order.

We will schedule a call for Saturday to answer questions.

Fraternally,

Greg Unterseher
Trustee, APA Teamsters Local 2118