Allegiant Pilots to Hold Vote of No Confidence in Airline Leadership

Image: Allegiant Air Boeing 737 MAX planes. (photo via Allegiant Air)
Image: Allegiant Air Boeing 737 MAX planes. (photo via Allegiant Air)
Lacey Pfalz
by Lacey Pfalz
Last updated: 9:20 AM ET, Fri August 15, 2025

The pilots of Allegiant Air announced that they will hold a formal Vote of No Confidence in the air carrier’s current management team and its Board of Directors, a decision that they say “comes after years of repeated failures, poor strategic decisions, and reckless spending by company leadership.” 

The pilots are represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 2118

"Contract or not, [Maury] Gallagher and [Greg] Anderson's management team have proven that they don't have what it takes to lead an airline," said Captain Kevin Winter on behalf of Local 2118. "The last several years have been failure after embarrassing failure. If pilots had even 1% of this level of failure in the flight deck, our careers would be over. It is time for management to be held accountable."

According to the teamsters, Allegiant’s market value has dropped 50 percent in just six months’ time, is facing a $500 million loss from the Sunseeker Resort project, shut down its GMS Racing NASCAR team and wasted millions on unimportant ventures. 

"A no confidence vote is not something any Union takes lightly," said Greg Unterseher, Trustee of Local 2118. "The pilots believe a change is necessary in the best interest of the airline, its employees, its customers, and its shareholders." 

The union represents over 1.3 million workers in various fields across the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. 


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Lacey Pfalz

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Lacey Pfalz is Associate Editor at TravelPulse. She's a passionate advocate of responsible travel and believes the best travel experiences happen outside of a planned itinerary. Lacey currently lives in rural Wisconsin. She can be reached at [email protected].

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