early 2026 is the earliest hiring date. As for the contract, there’s a full blown civil war brewing between IBT and the ALPA drive. We also haven’t even had elections yet and until we get Allegiant pilots who are elected to negotiate for us nothing will happen.

THEN once the union figures out its own drama we can actually start negotiating with management and that will be a monumental. I’d say contract before 2027 is optimistic.

way to go teamsters, screwing pilots one day at time. Thankfully ALPA should be on property before the end of the year.