BREAKING NEWS – Las Vegas, Nevada – The low-cost carrier Allegiant Air is under fire following a “60 Minutes” investigation that raised significant safety concerns. Investigators with the news program found that between Jan. 1, 2016 and October 2017, the Las Vegas airline experienced more than 100 serious mechanical incidents, including aborted takeoffs, rapid descents, flight control malfunctions and midair engine failures. More than a year’s worth of Federal Aviation Administration reports for Allegiant and seven other airlines show that the carrier was on average nearly three and a half times more likely to have a midair breakdown than Delta, United, American, Spirit, or JetBlue. Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr. who is the CEO of Allegiant Air responded to the safety concerns. “The FAA is showing that they are not sensitive to customers that want to save money,” he began. “If they force us to raise our maintenance standards to their recommended level, the ticket prices will rise accordingly. Our company motto has always been, ‘High risk flights at low cost.’”
