International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Airlines Division v. Allegiant Air, LLC

OPINION

MURPHY, District Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

Allegiant Air is an airline operating from Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2004, Allegiant’s employees organized a pilot advocacy group (the Allegiant Air Pilots Advocacy Group, or “AAPAG”) and elected representatives to bargain with the airline on their behalf. Over the next few years, AAPAG and Allegiant negotiated and agreed to several different Pilot Work Rules, detailed documents that outlined Al-legiant’s policies and work conditions. In 2012, some pilots decided they wanted to unionize. TheJTeamsters expressed interest in representing the pilots and…