Another Allegiant Pilot about to be Fired!

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Incident occurred December 30, 2015 at T.F. Green Airport (KPVD), Providence, Rhode Island

WARWICK, R.I. — An Allegiant Air plane on a flight to Maine was diverted Wednesday to T.F. Green Airport, where it landed safely at about 4:30 p.m. Several fire engines surrounded the plane.
The reason why the flight was diverted could not immediately be determined. A passenger told NBC 10 News that there was a smell of smoke about halfway through the flight.

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Another emergency landing for Allegiant on 12/31. Everyone will be fired before it's over!

Incident occurred December 31, 2015 at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (KCHA), Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
An Allegiant Air flight was forced to make an emergency landing Thursday morning at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport with reported engine problems.
Emergency crews from the airport and the Chattanooga Fire Department scrambled to prepare for the emergency landing.
The plane was able to land safely at the airport. There were 156 passengers plus crew members aboard the MD-80 aircraft.
Passengers tell Channel 3 they heard a loud pop after about an hour in the air and almost halfway through the flight. One passenger says after a few minutes the pilot announced they would be landing in Chattanooga.

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fholbert said:
Another emergency landing for Allegiant on 12/31. Everyone will be fired before it's over!

Incident occurred December 31, 2015 at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (KCHA), Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
An Allegiant Air flight was forced to make an emergency landing Thursday morning at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport with reported engine problems.
Emergency crews from the airport and the Chattanooga Fire Department scrambled to prepare for the emergency landing.
The plane was able to land safely at the airport. There were 156 passengers plus crew members aboard the MD-80 aircraft.
Passengers tell Channel 3 they heard a loud pop after about an hour in the air and almost halfway through the flight. One passenger says after a few minutes the pilot announced they would be landing in Chattanooga.

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"Mayday, I just blue myself"
 
Kingairer said:
Engine failures and fires are now found in the "normal procedures" section of the PH now at allegiant.
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In the back of the book you'll find:

In the unlikely event you encounter the following conditions...​
  • Three green landing gear lights.
  • All tires inflated.
  • No smoke in the cabin.
  • Both engines producing normal power.
  • Destination is not NOTAM'ed closed.
  • Enough fuel to go missed and get to your alternate.
Buy as many lotto tickets as you can afford because today is your lucky day!

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Speaking of, some of my friends are planning a trip to Asia to take advantage of this ridiculously cheap airfare we have right now. They told me for $1200 roundtrip, we could fly from SFO-YVR-ICN-TPE-SFO. Cool, so then I get the proposed itinerary. Fly Allegiant from Oakland to Bellingham, next flight is Korean Air from Vancouver, then it's Asiana to Taiwan and EVA back home.

Hmm...Allegiant is, Allegiant. Everytime I talk to Korean they stop on active taxiways multiple times reconfirming their ramp entry instructions(in a plane that can only enter the ramp on one specific line as outlined on their charts which leads straight into the one gate that can fit said airplane) while the FAA and me are telling them on both freqs "KEEP GOING KEEP GOING DON'T STOP", which seems to confuse them even more. I watched an Asiana 777 burn up in the grass at SFO because a check airman and 2 other pilots couldn't fly a visual approach(or not stall...or hit the pesky seawall with their tail). And I've heard waaaaaaaaaaay too many stories from Transpac about the kind of pilots that are graduating on to EVA with little to no basic airmenship. Yeah, I know, "I'll be fine". But no thanks. Though the nerd in me really wants to do it.
 
ChasenSFO said:
Speaking of, some of my friends are planning a trip to Asia to take advantage of this ridiculously cheap airfare we have right now. They told me for $1200 roundtrip, we could fly from SFO-YVR-ICN-TPE-SFO. Cool, so then I get the proposed itinerary. Fly Allegiant from Oakland to Bellingham, next flight is Korean Air from Vancouver, then it's Asiana to Taiwan and EVA back home.

Hmm...Allegiant is, Allegiant. Everytime I talk to Korean they stop on active taxiways multiple times reconfirming their ramp entry instructions(in a plane that can only enter the ramp on one specific line as outlined on their charts which leads straight into the one gate that can fit said airplane) while the FAA and me are telling them on both freqs "KEEP GOING KEEP GOING DON'T STOP", which seems to confuse them even more. I watched an Asiana 777 burn up in the grass at SFO because a check airman and 2 other pilots couldn't fly a visual approach(or not stall...or hit the pesky seawall with their tail). And I've heard waaaaaaaaaaay too many stories from Transpac about the kind of pilots that are graduating on to EVA with little to no basic airmenship. Yeah, I know, "I'll be fine". But no thanks. Though the nerd in me really wants to do it.
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Lol. I'm glad I'm not the only one who's struggling with englinese. The struggle is real.
 
fholbert said:
Another emergency landing for Allegiant on 12/31. Everyone will be fired before it's over!

Incident occurred December 31, 2015 at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (KCHA), Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
An Allegiant Air flight was forced to make an emergency landing Thursday morning at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport with reported engine problems.
Emergency crews from the airport and the Chattanooga Fire Department scrambled to prepare for the emergency landing.
The plane was able to land safely at the airport. There were 156 passengers plus crew members aboard the MD-80 aircraft.
Passengers tell Channel 3 they heard a loud pop after about an hour in the air and almost halfway through the flight. One passenger says after a few minutes the pilot announced they would be landing in Chattanooga.

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Saw this one today in CHA, had a flatbed truck parked next to it with a new appearing engine on it. Right donkeys cowling looked a little crispy on the outside.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
Is everyone really too young to remember this? Because, that's what has to happen.

(and even that did NOT lead to their extinction, as they became another airline.)
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Totally. To those who don't know, the situation was pretty much:

Fastest growing LCC start-up in the country is taking on any model of ancient DC-9 or MD-80 they can get their hands on. Wallstreet are big fans of the company, but there are a few issues. Plane burns up on the ground taxiing out, oh well, no one died music keeps going. Then it happens in the air, everyone dies. Suddenly, everyone is shocked, you hear me, SHOCKED, that with so many contractors putting their hands in the pot that is the safety of this flight, there was a lack in oversight. So now suddenly Valujet is shunned and other start-up/charter carriers are put through their paces with intense auditing in a knee-jerk reaction by the FAA to make the public feel safe again. Rich International Airways, for example, who was a long-time running military and public charter company with about 30 planes(mostly L-1011s) was grounded by the FAA for minor and debatable offences which, in turn, shut the company down. The FAA later admitted that they acted too harshly...but it was too late for the folks at Rich. But not ValuJet. Because fortunately, ValuJet had so much in cash reserves(remember, they did launch the MD-95/717), that they were able to sit idle for more than one year. In this time, everyone "forgot" about ValuJet and figured they shut down, because the planes were lined up on the ramp and you couldn't buy tickets on them. But this was not the case, as the sneaky snakes at ValuJet were working out a deal to buy the tiny 737-200 operator in Orlando, Florida, AirTran Airways(which is why Citrus was the callsign btw). Suddenly, ATL was full of green-tailed DC-9s flying on the AirTran certificate. But since they were no longer baby blue and yellow with "Critter" stretched across the fuselage, everything was good in the hood. Because ValuJet closed up shop after the crash, remember?

Good times.
 
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