Vegas July1-5
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The only reason I asked was because my parents were on those flights Monday and last night. I finally got a note from them after midnight that they finally landed. Something about two or three planes with issues and delays. I haven't heard the details but it sounded like shit.
This is what I posted on another site:
Allegiant can go to hell in spades!
We had an hour and a half delay on the way out due to weather in Vegas. (Too hot?) Ok, whatever.....but on the way home today, we were 45 minutes late pushing away from the gate for no reason, but we all sat and sweated our buns off on the plane for and well over an hour while this went on. Then, we finally start flying down the runway only to slam on the breaks.
We turned around and waited about 15 minutes before the captain came on and said a light came on and it needed to be checked out. Back to the gate, and sweat for another 20 minutes. We get told an "air truck" is coming. Another 10 minutes passes, and we are informed no truck can be found. I understand.....McCarren is a small, seldom used airport.
They at least let us off of the plane, and tell us to stay put at the gate, it should only be "5/10 minutes". Well, you know how that went. We heard that exact same "5/10 minutes" speech at least three times over the next hour before the final word came that we were switching planes and gates.
We all hauled our butts over to the new gate, and the announcement was made to the fine folks waiting to go to Sioux Falls would be losing their plan. (What?) Good for us, but bad for them. So, the plane comes in, the people get off, and ......we wait. How long would this wait be???? "Just another 5/10 minutes folks....we have the mechanic and the pilot going over some paperwork. I don't think too many people were buying this, since every other Allegiant flight was get off/get on, and go. (That is, the flights that weren't being directed to new gates...and there were several!!)
So, we sat...again. Like Forest Gump. Now a table gets set up, and cases of soda and water get set out. Ok, everyone sees the writing on the wall here. It's going to be a "few minutes longer", so we have complimentary drinks for you while you wait. At this point, I went and grabbed a hot meal at Ruby's Diner. The mere fact that they didn't have the common decency to admit we were stuck for some time simply pissed me off. Constantly telling people 5 to 10 minutes when you have no damned idea how long it will be is......well, bull shit.
I came back, and another hour had lapsed from our original departure time when they finally admitted this plane was not going anywhere, either. Please pick up your belongings, and head back to gate such and such. We do......and we sit, because of course, the plane needed to be checked. Well, 20 minutes later, the plane is A-O-K! We are all happy for once! Until........"Folks, the flight attendants went home. They were past their allotted time for the day. We have a new crew coming in and they should be here in about......."
You can fill in the blank by now on how long they SAID it would be. Well, one gal shows up to a round of applause about 30 minutes later, and the other 3 show up another 20 minutes later. So, they get on and we wait a little more. Now the boarding process is a joke, because half the people don't have their passes anymore. They have to show their IDs, and that slowed it down to a crawl. You would think the people could have shown their IDs over the last 4 1/5 hours and had new passes made out? Guess it doesn't work like that.
Well, we finally get back on and........sit. And......sweat. Again! I have the advantage of sitting in the very first row, so I can hear the chatter over the radios. Apparently, we can't get a "push back" to leave the gate! Are you shitting me??? It couldn't be a surprise to anyone that this plane was still hanging around! Yet, we waited another half hour before a tow could come get us out.
Finally on the runway we get one more announcement from the flight deck: "It appears a plane that just landed had a mishap and some fluid needs to be cleaned up from the runway......should just be a few more minutes." Everyone actually started to laugh at the point. What else could we do? I mean after all of this, a plane pissed itself? Wow!
Anyway, I am writing this at 2am instead of a trip report at 8pm, thanks to the wonderful company that some of you sing the praises of, Allegiant.
Good for you if you love them. I would love them to kiss my ass.
