Need for regulations
Allegiant argues that Nevada does not have a public policy prohibiting termination of at-will employment based on compliance or non-compliance with FARs.
Allegiant also made some arguments based on the Airline Deregulation Act, which was not very convincing.
Unfortunately for us spectators, there have been no further info from on what actually happened that fateful day.
At this point, the arguments from both sides have lots of holes in them.
The Captain's lawyers want the case to be remanded back to Nevada state court and/or decided under Nevada labor laws. Allegiant's lawyers want the case dismissed, or failing that, for the case stay in the U.S. district court and be decided under preempting Federal laws.
The PIC really needs to think which of those two scenarios they'd rather be justifying at an inquest .
It's the combustion byproducts (CO, HCL...) that can incapacitate in seconds. Demise from inhaling toxic fumes generally precedes combustion.
The real question in considering evacuation is less the state of the fire 90 seconds from now than the survivability of the cabin atmosphere 90 seconds from now.
"Under Control"
: Fire or spill etc. is no longer spreading. The situation is contained. This term should not be confused with a report that the fire is extinguished.