[justjim]

“60 Minutes”, The oldest and most watched newsmagazine on television originating in 1968. Some call it the most successful broadcast show in the history of Television. Are they always right? IMHO, of course not, nobody is right all the time, but they are known to do an outstanding job exposing problems and issues or they wouldn’t be the most watched newsmagazine on television.

How many posting here have had experence with Allegiant? We have. About four years ago, we were flying from Las Vegas to Peoria, IL. Arriving at the airport at 5:30 am our first flight was delayed and then cancelled due to mechanical problems. We then were moved to a different gate and finally boarded a different Allegiant plane for our flight to Peoria around 1:00 or so. A little over an hour into our flight the captain came on speaker “we have a mechanical problem with this aircraft and been advised to return to Las Vegas” as the plane was obviously making a turn back toward the western horizon. After returning to the airport, we were advised to go to a different gate where we waited until a third Allegiant plane pulled up and we boarded a third time for Peoria. As I remember it was around 10:00 pm when we finally landed in Peoria. By this time we had lost several passengers who I suppose took another airline or maybe just decided it was safer to drive...... Allegiant is a low cost discount airline flying mostly to the smaller mid-size cities and they do provide a good service to these cities. Allegiant is very profitable. No doubt in my mind that sometimes they push the safety envelope in order to save money and cut costs. 60 minutes did offer to give Allegiant air time to give their side of the story but they declined. No doubt Allegiant and the FAA can do better and it’s investigating reporting by media outlets like 60 minutes that helps to see that they are kept “Honest” and do their jobs to protect the safety of the public.