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Allegiant settles with fired Pilot over emergency landing and evacuation
Allegiant Airlines has settled out of court with a pilot it fired after ordering an emergency landing and evacuation because of a burning smell in his MD 80 jetliner, according to the office of Nevada judge Joe Hardy, Jr. who was handling the case. The pilot, Captain Jason Kinzer, alleged in his lawsuit that the airline was putting “profits over safety.” The settlement avoids a trial scheduled to begin today in Las Vegas that threatened to yield yet another black eye for the budget carrier with… (lawandcrime.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The only thing worse than Allegiant's maintenance is their personnel management. Hopefully Captain Kinzer has caught on with a more respectable airline and his settlement was more than enough to compensate for him starting at the bottom of his new seniority ladder.
Excellent Command authority Captain. AllegiANT. cares about profits on time not passenger safety or the RIGHT DECISIONS IN THE LEFT SEAT PERIOD. FROM B747400 pilot .
Why do cut-rate carriers continue to punish a captain for being cautious? If passengers had died because of a fire would they feel any better? No, unfortunately lawyers have to get involved, and the FAA is glaringly quiet over the whole affair.
astonishing is the non-reaction of the FAA here, as if protecting corporate profits is more important than protecting passengers. Exactly what more does the FAA need to see other than their own documents for Allegient in order to conclude something very bad is ongoing here. Every airline Captain Kinzer might hire on to is by definition a safer airline,but that begs the question why is Allegient allowed to continue in its present composition?
The FAA doesn’t want to deal with a company with a bunch of attorneys, especially one that they are supposed to have oversight with. They would rather spend their time making sure Cherokee pilots have their 30 day VOR checks logged.
The FAA goes for the low hanging fruit! Most people give the FAA way too much credit since the people that get in there are pulled in by their buddies in the FAA or hire people not fully qualified, so they can fill diversity requirements!
The FAA, to their discredit, is now distracted from real issues by spending needless time and money laying out new rules and governing the hobbyist's model aircraft operations. Come On!!!!