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Allegiant Air: The budget airline flying under the radar
Steve Kroft investigates Allegiant Air, a discount carrier known more for its ultra-low fares than its high record of in-flight breakdowns (www.cbsnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
This reminds me of Value Jet. There was a long list of pilot and mnx screw ups prior to that fatal accident in the Everglades. Ever since that incident a couple of years ago where an Allegiant plane flew to an airport that was notamed closed and the notam had been out for over a week, resulting in the pilot declaring an emergency since he didn't have the fuel for an alternate, I have been advising friends and family not to use them. As an experienced chief of Wing safety and accident investigator, I know where this is headed, and it ain't good!
Agreed!
In my humble opinion...There is no possible way to operate a commercial passenger air carrier with cut rate ticket prices and maintain "by the book" maintenance and safety procedures.
The costs are simply to great to allow the books to be balanced and allow the carrier to turn a profit.
Something HAS to give.
Do the math.
It is well within the realm of possibility that the LUV engine fail, Allegiant's alleged safety and maintenance issues, etc are merely scratching the surface.
It is my contention, using logic and a good dose of cynicism, that there are many things that do not get done by the book. There is fudging of records. There are repairs performed with less than the highest standards.
The costs are simply to great to allow the books to be balanced and allow the carrier to turn a profit.
Something HAS to give.
Do the math.
It is well within the realm of possibility that the LUV engine fail, Allegiant's alleged safety and maintenance issues, etc are merely scratching the surface.
It is my contention, using logic and a good dose of cynicism, that there are many things that do not get done by the book. There is fudging of records. There are repairs performed with less than the highest standards.
This is scary. Allegiant flies to/from this airport. It's a small regional about 15 nm north of KCLT.
Note the length of the runway.
One issue. RWY 20 is indicated 7400 feet. However, the approach is over a roadway which is about 50 feet above the end of the runway.
The other end of the airport property is bordered by a heafvily populated residential and retail area. https://flightaware.com/resources/airport/JQF/APD/AIRPORT+DIAGRAM/pdf
https://flightaware.com/resources/airport/KJQF/map/satellite
Note the length of the runway.
One issue. RWY 20 is indicated 7400 feet. However, the approach is over a roadway which is about 50 feet above the end of the runway.
The other end of the airport property is bordered by a heafvily populated residential and retail area. https://flightaware.com/resources/airport/JQF/APD/AIRPORT+DIAGRAM/pdf
https://flightaware.com/resources/airport/KJQF/map/satellite
After the crash of 592, ValuJet merged with AirTran and operated under that name until acquired by Southwest, in 2011 and integrated into that carrier. One of the co-founders of ValuJet and the principal architect of the "Low Cost" airline concept, Maury Gallagher is the CEO of Allegiant. He is reined in by the Pilot's union, but his penchant for poor maintenance and putting pressure on employees to ignore defects is one of the reasons behind the problems at Allegiant. Neither I, nor anyone I care about will ever step through the doors of an Allegiant plane. I don't think I would even let my ex-wife fly on Allegiant.
The Valujet crash was due to a contractor loading cargo incorrectly. I had nothing to do with the aircraft maintenance.
A contractor doesn't just pull up to the plane and start stuffing things in the cargo bins. The airline's personnel has the responsibility to inspect and insure it is safe and conforms to the regs. I once had a crew chief refuse a load because in his opinion it was not properly packaged. I went down the jetway and thanked him personalty for keeping my crew and passengers safe. I wonder if that would have happened if Mr Gallagher had been in charge.
Actually you are wrong..nothing to do with the way it was loaded, and it does have to do with maintenance! SabreTech WAS ValuJet's maintenance contractor at the time and they were the 1's responsible for removal and retrofit of oxygen generators into ValuJet's aircraft..the were also the 1's responsible for the crash as it was they who falsified the documents to the cargo's contents..this former mechanic, Mauro Valenzuela, is still being hunted as a fugative.
Looks like I can't argue with stupid. Don't believe everything you can Google.
Well done FlyYX. If you can't argue cogently go to personal insults.
Like I said I deal with it every day at work. I have a memo on my desk right now that a PSU unit was shipped COMAT it has 2 oxygen generators still in it.
It wasnt loaded improperly..it was packed improperly..next time you want to insult folks, get your own facts straight, and be around at the time the incident they referred to, happened!!!
There is no proper way to pack a fully charged chemical o2 generator... They cannot be shipped by passenger carrying airliner... They are the highest level of Hazmat. If they get activated, they get very very hot and can cause fire to other stuff around them. Sure it was not packed correctly, but there is no way to pack it correctly. They were supposed to be empty and the person who had them loaded on the plane thought that they were. this was the contractors fault.
Hence packed improperly..you do not indicate, on the labels affixed, they are empty when they are not. The proper way was to indicate they were used but possible active..then they get refused and sent ground transit..the contractor WAS ValuJet's maintenance company, NOT the rampees.
If I could post pictures on here I would show you how they come when we get them here. When they are close to expiring they are removed from the aircraft discharged and picked up buy Hazmat Disposal Company.