Hi Allegiant pilots (and probably some mgmt trolls),

Even though I'm employed elsewhere, I've enjoyed following your thread for some time (Especially after someone foolishly posts "I'm too busy to read the entire thread, but what are your junior bases and how fast can I upgrade?"). In all seriousness though, I'm amazed that the company still plans for upwards of 15% growth for this year and the stock price continues to recover from the near strike in April. With all of your maintenance struggles, waves of flight cancellations, growing pilot exodus (CLMP?), and toxic relations with mgmt I don't see how the company can do it. Outsourcing flying is part of the answer I gather. But short of a Valujet type accident which exposes the truth (God forbid), it seems like Wall Street is completely suckered by management's rosy outlook.

My question is, when does the music stop? An NMB release is an obvious answer, but it seems the deck has been stacked against your pilot group for another couple of years. I'm aware of at least two recent episodes of 6+ flight cancellations on a single day. Were they really caused by maintenance issues? Could it have been an inability to staff or outsource? Maybe hitting 117 limits? I think mgmt has not been telling the truth (as if they would ever lie!). Feel free to PM me if you don't want to post in an open forum (as such, I automatically assume it is not caused by any sort of IBT organized action since the court specifically prohibited it and IBT is law abiding and good to its word. So any trolls trying to feed lawyers can just keep your traps shut.).

BTW - Someone's gotta get a picture of "Us vs. Them" and post it. Even though you guys are not ALPA, if you guys finally get released I'll be happy to join you on the line down on Town Center (I hope it doesn't come during summertime!). Watching you guys struggle has given me a new found respect for organized labor.