Hi all,

Just some food for thought...

1. Allegiant hired a PR firm during contract negotiations to spread as much bad news about the airline as possible on a national scale, in an effort to hurt their bottom line; they also made an effort to replace a board member also in an effort to hurt the financial gains of the CEO.

2. This is 2nd hand knowledge, but a head of a pilots union once told me that during negotiations, he and the lead counsel for the union had a dinner meeting with a bunch of analysts that covered the company's stock. They did this because they wanted to know just how much the pilot group might financially affect the airline, saying quote "we know that you guys can really F#@K up the day to day operation if you want".

I'm not saying this is honorable, right, reasonable, etc... but in my personal opinion, the cards are stacked against you, and the only thing that matters is money... you find a way to affect the money train, you get some leverage.