Allegiant Air pilots picket in front of the Allegiant Air headquarters in Summerlin Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. Pilots, represented by the Teamsters union, have been in contract negations with the company for two years, a union representative said.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 | 12:40 p.m.
The Teamsters are considering whether to appeal a ruling by a federal court that would allow Allegiant Air to change work rules for pilots, a union spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Three judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Allegiant could change scheduling rules and some benefits because they were negotiated with an informal group of pilots, not a collective bargaining agent such as a union. The pilots are now represented by the Teamsters.
Giovanna Frank-Vitale, a spokesman for the pilots, said an appeal was possible but no decision had been made.
Last year, a district court judge ordered Allegiant to restore the old rules, but the appeals panel overturned that decision. Pilots threatened to walk off the job earlier this year in protest over the dispute, but another judge blocked a strike.
The airline is part of Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co. and has about 500 pilots.
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