"In an email Wednesday, the airline pointed to “summer heat, the extra demand on our aircraft and the pace of operations during peak travel periods for causing mechanical problems that have grounded flights."

I can't stop laughing! I come back to this thread for the entertainment. Seriously, It's better than fiction. Best comedy available.

Question: Did the summer heat come unexpectedly this year? Can someone please send these hacks a farmers almanac! Here's another: Was the 'extra demand" on aircraft unexpected or does Allegiant actually have a planning department that factors in KNOWN elements to their plan? Did their own plan surprise them like the summer heat? (Still laughing). "Pace of operations during peak travel."? Who sets that pace? So weak, Allegiant must also be short-changing their PR dept. 😂

When is Allegiant going to grow up, stop finding ridiculous excuses and blame games and start behaving like an airline? ("travel company"?). Disregard, they're "different".

The Planning (wishing) dept. obviously answers to the overzealous financial planning/analysis Gods. Does operations answer to them too? Do they also get over-ridden by clueless accountants when they complain their ridiculously over-optimistic summer flying 'wish-list' is not feasible?

This same crap happened every summer I was there. Same stooges, same 'shoot for the moon' approach to maximizing $$ at the passenger's expense. The execs are hitting the links, sipping cocktails while the exhausted employees deal with the mess they create. Hey, why not bail these poor execs out by picking up some mission modes? Reward their greed with bailout so you guys can do it all again next year. Be a sport! These "Leaders" clearly need the money.

Priceless.

 

Yes, it happens every summer. And in parts of January, parts of February, March, November, and December. Somehow, it always seems to catch them by surprise. In the time I was there, they were never able to figure out why it never worked well when you schedule more flights than you have planes and pilots to fly them.

 

Dawg, your killin me man. Go back to your wide body already; lucky Dog! Layoff g4, management bonus season is right around the corner don’t ya know. Besides, rich man racecars don’t fix themselves brother.

 

Sounds just like usair in the 90's, an airline based in the northeast and imagine that, it snows in the winter.

 

Darn. Looks like I got mod’d. Oh well, at least you and I know what I said. Sir..? Seeing eye to eye; Sir. Err, I mean G4er… BooYaaaa!

 

I'm curious; are there any DL or AA guys around here that have these same problems with their maddawgs in the summer season?

 

"We have the same rate of engine changes as AA."

 

G4 management lies, on par with Tehran. Richman racecars run like a top though..

 

True, but in this case, "AA" stands for Angola Airways.

 

Ohh Snap!