Allegiant cleared - For now - Curt Lewis

Allegiant Air and the FAA Agree the Airline Is Dealing With Its Safety Issues


Whether it's the FAA or its own pilots, Allegiant has had trouble avoiding perception that it has safety issues.

- Jason Clampet

Federal aviation officials are satisfied that Allegiant Air is taking steps to address problems that inspectors found during a three-month review of the low-cost airline.

Allegiant met a Friday deadline for telling the Federal Aviation Administration how it would comply with suggested improvements in training, maintenance and procedures. None of the shortcomings were considered severe enough to warrant regulatory action against the airline.

"We were always a safe airline. This gives credence to our claim," Jude Bricker, Allegiant's chief operating officer since January, said in an interview Friday.