While pilots at most airlines are negotiating new contracts with work rule improvements, Allegiant pilots just want their carrier to assign flights by seniority. While most pilots negotiate how much they will fly in joint ventures with other carriers, Allegiant pilots worry they could lose flying to a new Mexican partner. And while most pilots want to match Delta pay rates, Allegiant pilots just like to think they can get close to Delta.
Not surprisingly, Allegiant “pilots leave the airline at the rate of about one a day,” says Andrew Robles, a 14-year Allegiant pilot who is an A320 captain and president of Local 2118 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents about 1,100 Allegiant pilots. “Right now we are the lowest paid in the industry and we are very far apart on work rules that allows pilots to have quality of life,” he said. “We are decades behind the other carriers.”
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