Allegiant Air
#3431
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I wonder if AA will fire their Captain and ruin his career:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/three-injured-american-airlines-plane-evacuated-texas-192410025--finance.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/three-injured-american-airlines-plane-evacuated-texas-192410025--finance.html
#3433
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2015
Position: on the bench
Posts: 157
Looks like ValuJet past is catching up with Allegiant senior management as media is connecting the dots, finally.
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JULY 30, 2015
"Allegiant under “several regulatory investigations,” says FAA
Fargo emergency among a string of troubling incidents; maintenance issues have unfortunate parallels to ValuJet
FAA won’t release documents due to “ongoing” investigations
FAA says Fargo closure notice published well in advance; Allegiant disagrees
Allegiant 426 pilots declared fuel emergency – was it justified?
Union says Allegiant has continual maintenance problems, lack of resources
Alleged lack of maintenance processes, infrastructure similar to ValuJet"
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Allegiant under ?several regulatory investigations,? says FAA | SkyWriter Aviation
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JULY 30, 2015
"Allegiant under “several regulatory investigations,” says FAA
Fargo emergency among a string of troubling incidents; maintenance issues have unfortunate parallels to ValuJet
FAA won’t release documents due to “ongoing” investigations
FAA says Fargo closure notice published well in advance; Allegiant disagrees
Allegiant 426 pilots declared fuel emergency – was it justified?
Union says Allegiant has continual maintenance problems, lack of resources
Alleged lack of maintenance processes, infrastructure similar to ValuJet"
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Allegiant under ?several regulatory investigations,? says FAA | SkyWriter Aviation
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#3434
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Joined APC: Jan 2014
Posts: 196
Bearly Legal: A round-up of today?s dumbest business news-V.PHM-V.CXV-ACCO-ALGT-T.TOY-MATX-Stockhouse news
THE SUITS ARE IN THE COCKPIT, WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE
Apparently it’s a thing at airlines that executives, to keep their pilots licenses, occasionally take a big ass plane out for a spin. Such was the case when an Allegiant Air (NASDAQ:ALGT, Forum) jet made an emergency landing in Fargo, North Dakota, complaining that they were running out of fuel.
The airport, which was temporarily closed for a US Navy Blue Angels practice, told the pilots in question, VP of Flight Operations Greg Baden and Director of Flight Michael Wuerger, to tell their story walking and move to the next airport.
The suits responded negatively to that request, apparently advising that they didn’t have enough fuel to get to the next airport along – something that isn’t supposed to happen according to federal rules, which require a flight to have enough fuel to get to the next strip, and 45 minutes more fuel on top of that.
Allegiant says the execs did nothing wrong, even though they now say the pilot meant “he had less than 20 minutes before dipping into his reserve’… which is akin to my kids telling me they’re really dizzy and can’t breathe because it’s so hot and maybe if we just got Slurpees… and then telling me we shouldn’t be at the ER because they just meant they were a bit hot and a sandwich would be fine.
Allegiant, unsurprisingly, is standing behind its executives. Because executives are never wrong, even when they cause an airport emergency and break federal aviation laws.
Apparently it’s a thing at airlines that executives, to keep their pilots licenses, occasionally take a big ass plane out for a spin. Such was the case when an Allegiant Air (NASDAQ:ALGT, Forum) jet made an emergency landing in Fargo, North Dakota, complaining that they were running out of fuel.
The airport, which was temporarily closed for a US Navy Blue Angels practice, told the pilots in question, VP of Flight Operations Greg Baden and Director of Flight Michael Wuerger, to tell their story walking and move to the next airport.
The suits responded negatively to that request, apparently advising that they didn’t have enough fuel to get to the next airport along – something that isn’t supposed to happen according to federal rules, which require a flight to have enough fuel to get to the next strip, and 45 minutes more fuel on top of that.
Allegiant says the execs did nothing wrong, even though they now say the pilot meant “he had less than 20 minutes before dipping into his reserve’… which is akin to my kids telling me they’re really dizzy and can’t breathe because it’s so hot and maybe if we just got Slurpees… and then telling me we shouldn’t be at the ER because they just meant they were a bit hot and a sandwich would be fine.
Allegiant, unsurprisingly, is standing behind its executives. Because executives are never wrong, even when they cause an airport emergency and break federal aviation laws.
#3435
Sounds to me like we need to wait for the investigation to conclude before hanging them:
Allegiant investigation: Captain exercised sound judgment | Las Vegas Review-Journal
Allegiant investigation: Captain exercised sound judgment | Las Vegas Review-Journal
#3436
And you can guarantee that because you are privy to all the relevant facts because.....you read them on the internet so it must be correct.
#3437
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Joined APC: Jun 2015
Posts: 74
Sounds to me like we need to wait for the investigation to conclude before hanging them:
Allegiant investigation: Captain exercised sound judgment | Las Vegas Review-Journal
Allegiant investigation: Captain exercised sound judgment | Las Vegas Review-Journal
Last edited by EngFail; 07-30-2015 at 06:49 PM.
#3439
I wish the company had copied the actual NOTAM in the exoneration email, in keeping with our core value of TRANSPARENCY! Does anyone have THE NOTAM that was in effect that day, allowing exclusions for Air Carrier Ops?
#3440
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Joined APC: Jun 2015
Posts: 74
Openness and Transparency?
Ya during our next ‘Coffee Corner’ right? How long has it been now? Oh I know the actual notam g4 management used to exonerate itself will be cut and pasted in the next ‘Fish Wrap’?
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