Originally Posted by
labbats
I'm in full agreement with everything you said. I think bashing anyone with something positive to say diminishes the true issues raised here.
I'm certain that ValueJet had its fair share of "happy to be here" pilots right up to the crash too though. The safety fears here are legit.
I think a lot of the seething tempers are due to the fact that Allegiant could be such a great job if it wasn't for MG. I hope we get a contract soon because it will likely move him on down the road.
A few things to consider...
The major issues we have here are from an understaffed maintenance department and a somewhat (being nice) incompetent maintenance control. 99.9% of the issues we have here are not safety of flight issues. Airplanes will not be falling out of the sky because of a high tail temp or because an IRU fails. (Can't speak for the Bus, but it doesn't sound like they're having many issues). So to say that people were happy up to the point of the crash is insinuating we're about to have a crash. I don't think we're any closer to that than SWA, DAL, or any other airline. Again, don't get me wrong.... we have some serious issues.
I totally agree that this place could be great without MG, GB, and a few other people that are apparently incapable of seeing the forrest through the trees.