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ALLEGIANT AIR WASTES MILLIONS, STILL WON’T PAY PILOTS
/by Joshua MartinFor Immediate Release July 8, 2025
Teamsters Call Out Airline for Misplaced Priorities and Stalled Negotiations
(WASHINGTON) – Allegiant Air pilots represented by Teamsters Local 2118 are raising serious questions about Allegiant’s leadership after the company this week sold its failed Sunseeker Resort while continuing to stall contract negotiations for 1,400 union pilots.
The airline claims the sale of its unsuccessful hotel project signals a renewed focus on its core airline operations, but their actions tell a different story.
“Allegiant’s executives have wasted billions on failed side hustles while refusing to fairly pay the pilots who actually keep this carrier in the air,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. “Allegiant owes our members over $200 million in hard-earned retention bonuses. The Teamsters demand accountability and a fair contract now from this greedy, corruptible employer.”
Allegiant pilots have been stuck in negotiations for over four years. While others across the airline industry have secured pay increases and improved working conditions in recent years, Allegiant has refused to pay industry standard wages and is asking pilots to make concessions on quality of life and scheduling issues.
Since March 2021, Allegiant’s market value has decreased by 78 percent, with a current market cap of $1.3 billion. The company lost $520 million on the sale of its ill-fated Sunseeker Resort, which is equal to over half of the company’s current market value. The sale of the South Florida hotel follows a pattern of frivolous spending by the airline. With impractical ventures outside its core airline operations, from sports stadiums to luxury hotels and golf courses, Allegiant has burned millions of dollars on corporate pet projects.
Corporate financial mismanagement has left the company ill-equipped to resolve outstanding contract negotiations for pilots, but the Teamsters continue to call on Allegiant to return to the bargaining table.
“Management at Allegiant has no ability to lead this company. They have no allegiance to the hardworking, dedicated pilots,” said Greg Unterseher, Teamsters Airline Division Director, Above-the-Wing. “The Teamsters Union has zero confidence that Allegiant will bargain in good faith, but this company must be held to account. We demand they return to the table and end the disrespect of working people now.”
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents over 1.3 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information.
Contact: Lena Melentijevic, (347) 208-2279 LMelentijevic@teamster.org
Allegiant Air Pilots File for Release from Mediation
/by Joshua MartinNEWS FROM
Teamsters Local 2118
10000 W. Charleston Blvd., Ste 220
Las Vegas, NV 89135
(702) 268-7591
For Immediate Release
April 17, 2025
Contact:
Josh Martin, (725) 308-2755
jmartin@apa2118.org
ALLEGIANT AIR PILOTS FILE FOR RELEASE FROM MEDIATION
1,400 Teamsters Fight for Fair Contract at Carrier
(WASHINGTON) – Allegiant Air pilots represented by Teamsters Local 2118 have requested that the National Mediation Board (NMB) release them from mediation with the company.
If the request is granted, the NMB may offer binding arbitration to resolve remaining issues between Allegiant and its Teamsters pilots. If either party declines arbitration, a 30-day “cooling-off” period would begin, after which the pilots could legally strike. Last November, Allegiant pilots voted by an overwhelming 97 percent to authorize a strike, signaling deep frustration with the company’s delays and refusal to address core issues.
“Since we began negotiations, our goal has been simple: secure a contract that ensures long-term success and security for both our pilots and Allegiant Air,” said Captain Josh Allen, Local 2118’s Negotiating Committee Chair. “And every step of the way, Allegiant has refused to offer us that.”
After more than two years of mediated talks, the parties have yet to resolve fundamental scheduling concerns in the collective bargaining agreement. Allegiant’s latest proposals would allow the company to deem approximately 20 percent of pilots as surplus and force the rest to fly maximum schedules — raising serious concerns about pilot fatigue, operational reliability, and quality of life.
“It’s impossible to make progress when the company keeps moving the goalposts and demanding more ‘efficiencies’ from an already-stretched pilot group,” said Greg Unterseher, Trustee of Local 2118. “Each time our pilots rise to meet the company’s needs with good-faith proposals, Allegiant shifts direction again. Enough is enough — it’s time for Allegiant to finally deliver the fair contract its pilots have earned.”
Teamsters Local 2118 represents 1,400 hardworking Allegiant Air pilots nationwide. For more information, go to apa2118.org