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Fast-growing Allegiant adds 3 new cities, 22 new routes
Allegiant Air will unveil three new cities and 22 new routes Tuesday in what the company is calling one of its biggest single expansion announcements ever. (www.usatoday.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
They're gonna have to have a plan as the forced retirement of all the MD Aircraft comes into play.
Forced retirement? Is that per regulation somewhere or market decisions?
Is Allegiant acquiring more planes? I don't think they have a lot of underutilized equipment. Seems this will add more stress on the maintenance loads.
Without any inside info - wonder if its the mechanics not doing their job (kinda doubt it since their name goes on record) or management supplying parts of questionable reliability?
This may fill in some of the blanks, Loral. I didn't post it at the time as there seems a lot going on and it is hard to know what is true or not. This report seems to be from a guy who knows his way around and was only there a short period of time so is unlikely to have anything financial to gain.
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/i-team-investigates/former-allegiant-air-mechanic-says-passengers-should-be-concerned-with-airlines-safety
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/i-team-investigates/former-allegiant-air-mechanic-says-passengers-should-be-concerned-with-airlines-safety
Interesting -- wish there were more specific cases of just what he saw. Are Allegiant's mechanics out of the puppy mills or is their pay so low they only get the ones nobody else will hire? Too many unanswered questions. Definitely think the FAA needs to take a real close look but then again, it's the FAA. Something like the wolf guarding the hen house.