Pilots say they are concerned with Allegiant Air's bare bones approach to safety and maintenance

An Allegiant airplane.
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Pilots for Allegiant Air are calling into question the safety of the planes they fly, saying the company's cost-saving measures are putting passengers at risk.

The union representing the pilots sent a letter to Allegiant's board saying that the company does the bare minimum to maintain planes, CBS News reports. The letter goes into detail about 38 potentially perilous incidents that took place between January and March of this year involving smoke in cockpits, pressurization issues, engine failures, and radar problems. This month, a plane had to make an emergency landing at the Clearwater airport in Florida after smoke filled the cabin, and passengers had to stand on the wing of a jet in Boise after smoke was possibly spotted outside of the plane.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.