Delta Is Poaching Allegiant Pilots — and Now Allegiant Is Cutting Flights

Allegiant CEO blames Delta Air Lines for poaching Sun Country pilots

Allegiant's chief executive says Delta has ramped up its efforts to recruit Sun Country pilots away from the airline, creating what he calls a temporary staffing shortage at the Minneapolis hub where Delta controls more than 70% of the market.

Delta Is Poaching Allegiant Pilots — and Now Allegiant Is Cutting Flights

Sun Country is experiencing an uptick in pilot attrition out of Minneapolis-St. Paul following the closing of the Allegiant merger.

Allegiant Air Pilots Ratify Two-year Agreement

(LAS VEGAS) – Nearly 1,300 pilots represented by the Allegiant Pilots Association, Teamsters Local 2118, have voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement by an 80 percent margin, with 99 percent of eligible pilots participating in the ratification vote.  The agreement provides an immediate average hourly wage increase of approximately 40 percent, and its ratification triggers the payment of approximately $300 million in accrued retenti…