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Newsjock

(11,733 posts) Thu Jul 30, 2015, 08:39 AM Jul 2015

Allegiant Air execs were at controls of flight that landed with low fuel

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal

Two Allegiant Air executives, the vice president of operations and the director of flight safety, were at the controls of the flight that made an emergency landing last week because it was nearly out of fuel.

Greg Baden, Allegiant's vice president of operations, and Michael Wuerger, director of flight safety, government affairs and quality assurance, were flying Allegiant's Flight 426 from McCarran International Airport to the Fargo, N.D., Hector International Airport on July 23.

A representative of Allegiant confirmed that Baden and Wuerger were flying the plane, adding it is not uncommon for members of operations management to take flights to maintain their pilot status.

... An Allegiant pilot who requested anonymity said ... the two executives flew Flight 426 because the airline is short of qualified pilots.

Read more: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/allegiant-air-execs-controls-flight-landed-low-fuel

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Allegiant Air execs were at controls of flight that landed with low fuel (Original Post) Newsjock Jul 2015 OP

Short of qualified pilots and short of fuel TexasProgresive Jul 2015 #1

They're about to be short of money. Renew Deal Jul 2015 #2

Looks like they're still short of qualified pilots. procon Jul 2015 #3

Holy damn...It gets even worse Blue_Tires Jul 2015 #4

They landed with 42 minutes left. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2015 #5

TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)

1. Short of qualified pilots and short of fuel

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 08:46 AM

Jul 2015

That's a recipe for disaster or something.

Renew Deal

(81,861 posts)

2. They're about to be short of money.

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 09:26 AM

Jul 2015

procon

(15,805 posts)

3. Looks like they're still short of qualified pilots.

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 09:36 AM

Jul 2015

No responsible pilots would takeoff without enough fuel to reach their destination... even in spite of delays and other factors that require more time in the air. If they lose the licenses it would be considered a bonus safety factor to the flying public.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

4. Holy damn...It gets even worse

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 10:21 AM

Jul 2015

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/6459835/

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/565220-allegiant-air-incidents.html

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,330 posts)

5. They landed with 42 minutes left.

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 10:51 AM

Jul 2015

Yes, they were in to their reserves but I don't see what the big news deal is.

The controller forced him to declare an emergency- which was the right thing to do, technically.

This isn't the first time an airliner had to declare for fuel. I suppose the complication was the airport was closed. Without that complication, the controller would have given him priority without much fuss.

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