Originally Posted by fishforfun

Can't really respond to that, you won't be able to read it with your head buried deep in the sand.

I saw some things that made my decision to leave very easy. Hell, my wife told me I need to leave immediately. This was after a nice "new" Airbus declared an emergency and was holding over the Gulf of Mexico to burn down fuel to return back to PIE. I didn't tell her about it, she listened while it was broadcast live on the radio. That was the same aircraft that was written up for the same thing 4 times and never did a thing to fix it. The Airbus gives the maintenance an big opportunity to show their true colors. "Oh, there and ECAM and we can't figure out what's wrong, well just power the plane down and if it's gone, good to go." That was the exact instruction from maintenance control. Verbatim. Known FOD in an engine, "we can MEL the bore scope for 10 days." I can go on and on.

You mention the FAA. How did that work out for Valujet? Before I came to G4 I read things about judges and the FAA being in the pocket of G4. I'm not a conspiracy theorist but I can't figure out how the training department or maintenance made it through the FAA out of cycle inspection due to a high number of incidents.

That brings us to today and this bizarro world of APC in which G4 is better than any other place out there when just 1 year ago this place was the owned by the devil himself and no one in their right mind would leave their regional to go to G4. But now there is a contract so this is the best place to be. I mean seriously, I have been reading APC for years and it is a complete 180 with nothing new but a contract.

We can debate the issues other airlines have but to deny there is nothing but "minor discrepancies" at Allegiant and it's obvious there is no discussion possible. I wish you guys luck and hope it works out.