Originally Posted by
Packrat
Again, these management pilots absolutely did not want to go to Grand Forks because they knew the additional costs involved. This wasn't a fuel decision, it was a profit decision. And a poor one at that.
Agreed. This feeling of putting profits first comes directly from the top. These senior management guys are hand-picked by the CEO, they wouldn't get the job if they didn't buy into his ideas of how to run the company. Any decision they make is done exactly the way the CEO wants it to be done. Anyone going against this culture and his business beliefs is removed from the job. Everything about the way Allegiant does business is dictated by the man at the top, there are few to no discretionary decisions allowed to be made by anyone at lower levels.