Negotiating Committee Update – October 23, 2025

Fellow Pilots,

The Mediator, Union and Company had a scheduled in-person mediation session in Washington, D.C. from October 20-22, 2025. The mediator was not present due to the government shutdown. The parties agreed to meet without the mediator. The Negotiating Committee attended the meeting in-person with the company’s attorney and negotiating consultant. Unfortunately, management decided not to attend the negotiations in-person and chose to attend the meeting virtually instead.

These sessions produced no new agreements and the vast majority of each of the three in-person sessions were squandered due to the company’s lack of preparation and internal dysfunction. The company did not present a comprehensive counterproposal, informing the Union that it had failed to cost out the Union’s comprehensive proposal or any of the company’s previous proposals. Additionally, the company failed to pass Section 15 as the Union repeatedly urged the management to do. The primary focus for the first two sessions was the value and defer items in Section 9 – Vacation, Section 10 – Sick, and Section 16 – Reserve. The final day was spent discussing the remaining open items in Section 12 – Vacancies.

The company informed the Union that it would not be able to provide a comprehensive counterproposal until it could complete “accurate” costing, despite nearly 4.5 years of negotiations and nearly a two-month advance notice of these bargaining dates. Management has insisted that their internal costing “experts” are critical to bargaining discussions. However, the company’s costing personnel were not available to meet with the Union’s costing expert (who was present in DC for three days) until well into the final day of bargaining, and then only for one hour over Zoom.

On a somewhat positive note, it appears that management has accepted that delaying negotiations because it cannot properly cost out its own proposals or respond to ours is inexcusable. Management informed the Union during the last session that it will immediately retain an outside firm to handle their costing going forward. That decision speaks volumes. Without saying it outright, management has effectively confirmed what we’ve known all along. When they were attacking the Union’s costing, which is accurate and supported by verifiable data, they were trying to hide a basic truth: Allegiant’s claims simply have no basis in fact. While we are somewhat encouraged that they’ve finally sought outside help at this late stage of negotiations, it is a stunning indictment of their own internal process and the false propaganda campaign that Allegiant officials waged against our Union and your NC. Hopefully, a greater reliance on qualified third party contractors and consultants on the company’s part will expedite these negotiations.

The company has indicated that they will be ready to resume bargaining when we reconvene during the week of November 10, 2025. The Union remains singularly focused on reaching a fair agreement before year’s end. Despite the Company’s continued dysfunction, our team remains united, data-driven, and unwavering in its resolve to deliver a contract that reflects your value and professionalism.

Stay engaged, stay informed, and stay confident. 

The facts and data are on our side — and so is our future.

In Unity,

Captain Joshua Allen
Negotiating Committee Chairman

Captain Jay Killen
Pilot Negotiator

Captain Brad Keller
Pilot Negotiator

Captain J.R. Lynch
NC Chief of Staff

Captain Jim Cole
Recording Analyst