this mob is another ValuJet just waiting to happen...the low fuel story with the management pilots flying is very interesting reading...
Well, there certainly is some common ancestry:
Before becoming Allegiant CEO in 2003, Maurice Gallagher co-founded ValuJet, another low-cost airline, in the 1990s. Like Allegiant, it was popular and growing, but the crash of a ValuJet plane in the Everglades in 1996 was the beginning of the end of that airline.
As Allegiant Air wavers, Pinellas airport and tourism industry cross fingers | Tampa Bay Times
Some earlier discussion of recent Allegiant incidents on this PPRuNe thread:
It's funny no one has commented on all the issues allegiant airlines in the US is having. They appear to be on the same path as valuejet and worse then some of the budget Far East carriers talked about so much here. Their latest incident last weekend had their VP of flight ops flying a passenger flt to a airport that had been notam'd closed months in advance without enough fuel to divert to a airport 70 miles away. This VP is said to be highly critical of crews who are involved in the slightest incident including firing a Captain in June because he initiated a ground evacuation after both flight attendants and airport fire fighters reported smoke in the aircraft.
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/5...incidents.html