FAA releases investigation into Allegiant Airlines

Only minor issues found in 90-day inspection

The Federal Aviation Administration has released the results of a detailed 90-day inspection of Allegiant Airlines.

The review uncovered a number of problems, but they were determined by the FAA "to be minor with non-regulatory issues observed, or with non-systemic issues observed.”

The Certificate Holder Evaluation Process was moved up by nearly two years after officials with the FAA said they needed to determine if Allegiant had remdied recent problems in operations.

Over the last several months, a number of in-flight disruptions has caused the airline to get a black eye in the industry.

On Friday, passengers at Orlando Sanford International Airport said they've never experienced any problems, but were concerned with the review.

"It does scare me a little bit when you say that," said Tina Sklarek.  "But we have flown Allegiant quite a number of times and I've never had a problem."

A summary of the FAA's findings shows missing training procedures, such as some manuals lacking guidance for runway approach.  At some airports, gate procedures were not followed when planes were being pushed back for takeoff.  Also, during routine maintenance, there was found to be a failure to identify certain aircraft problems.

Officials with the FAA said they will not be taking enforcement action at this time against Allegiant.
The airline must now make a plan to address each problem listed in the report and submit it to the FAA by September 30.


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