60 Minutes segment on Allegiant Air

[BoxsterCy]

The 60 Minutes story claimed Allegiant had some of the highest profit margins in the industry.

That was perhaps the most surprising part of the story for me.

They are cutting corners to make more money, not cutting corners to try and keep the business afloat.


Edit: I see @wxman1 made the same point so I am redundant.

 

[cycopath25]

Last time I flew with Allegient I had a terrible experience (approx 2014) They had to send a whole new plane for us after a 6 hour delay. I haven't flown since.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Just a theory I'm working on (because that's what I do), but CBS had deals with various (other) airlines to carry service on all their flights. Hard to find out if that is still the case, though I know at least the American Airlines deal was taken over by NBC.

 

[SpokaneCY]

I feel like 100 incidents out of however many flights they flew in those 22 some odd months is still a ridiculously small number, am I wrong about that?

A third of their fleet had mid-air emergencies in a very short period of time. That feels like a lot.

 

[1100011CS]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/17/us/p...southwest-flight-emergency-landing1234PMStory

 

[cycopath25]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/17/us/p...southwest-flight-emergency-landing1234PMStory

Should of flown Allegiant

 

[BoxsterCy]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/17/us/p...southwest-flight-emergency-landing1234PMStory

Until proven otherwise I am going to go with Allegiant sabotaging the SW plane engine to distract the air safety discussion from that 60 Minutes story.

 

[3TrueFans]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/17/us/p...southwest-flight-emergency-landing1234PMStory

I'm never flying Southwest again, rabble rabble rabble.

 

[Cycsk]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/17/us/p...southwest-flight-emergency-landing1234PMStory

They are saying that shrapnel from the engine injured someone on board. Wondering if that is true. Somebody with a phone camera took a picture of an intact window with a view of the torn up engine. Surely they would have a picture of a broken window and shrapnel if it was there. My guess is that the "shrapnel" is a piece of the interior of the plane that broke loose.

 

[wxman1]

They are saying that shrapnel from the engine injured someone on board. Wondering if that is true. Somebody with a phone camera took a picture of an intact window with a view of the torn up engine. Surely they would have a picture of a broken window and shrapnel if it was there. My guess is that the "shrapnel" is a piece of the interior of the plane that broke loose.

It is hard to tell. This is the reason why there is no window at the seats that line up with the fan blades on most planes though.

 

[wxman1]

Since we are discussing it here already...there has now been one fatality on today's SWA flight. This is the first fatality on a US Airline (Part 121) since 2009 when Colgan Air crashed in icing conditions in Buffalo.

 

[CtownCyclone]

It is hard to tell. This is the reason why there is no window at the seats that line up with the fan blades on most planes though.

 

[rbrook]

Looks like the window that blew out was right behind the engine.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Looks like the window that blew out was right behind the engine.

Yeah, kinda looks like the engine blew apart and the window was struck by the debris. Horrible luck to have that happen to the window you are sitting right by.

 

[BigBake]

It is hard to tell. This is the reason why there is no window at the seats that line up with the fan blades on most planes though.

Is this true? The entire engine structure is filled with blades that pull in and compress air...I'm not aviation expert but the whole housing is basically blades spinning and compressing/mixing air to push out the rear of engine. So if that was true you're talking about a good 5-6ft section that couldn't have windows.

 

[mywayorcyway]

Allegiant may very well have some issues, but these reports read and sound more like a smear campaign than they do investigative journalism. I'm skeptical.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Another reason to keep your seatbelts on while flying if getting thrown to the ceiling in crazy unexpected turbulence isn't enough of a reason than getting sucked out a window might convince you.

 

[CysRage]

 

[Rogue52]

Damn, they are down 20 pts since last week.. But this was a pretty disturbing report. Allegiant had better take action, or I would expect the business to suffer. I already hate flying with them, they are so rude, but at least I thought it was safe before. I will pay extra to fly to vegas on Southwest now.

Southwest huh?

 

[bostrem00]

Delta or bust, if the worst thing I have to do with them is connect through Hartsfield, I can deal. They have Yuengling at their bars and a Five Guys.