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Jul 30, 2015 | 4:20 pm

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Originally Posted by PDXTom

Good question given their horrible on-time flight performance and difficult and often absent customer service when there are flight delays and cancellations.

http://www.flightstats.com/go/Stats/...anceReports.do

And perhaps if that is not enough reason to hesitate:

From http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2015/07/30/allegiant-executives-were-flying-plane-that-ran-low-on-fuelhttp://

So what was the pre-designated diversion airport and why didn't they have an additional 45 minutes of fuel beyond that? Are the company execs, in this case who are also the pilots, pushing profit over safety?

I thought headed to DFW, United I think, did not have the fuel to circle with storms and had to divert. It happens now and then. At least you normally know weather in advance. Allegient was lazy, but it happens.

Here in Tampa, there seems to be an attack against them. Probably the pilots union fighting back. I have not heard much that has happened to them that does not happen elsewhere, or has at sometime with an airline focused on getting as much as it can out of tourists, maximizing profits and minimizing costs.

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