Several passengers and one flight attendant were injured, Allegiant reported at the time. In a July 23 termination letter, Allegiant chief pilot Mark Grock told Kinzer that he "ordered an evacuation that was entirely unwarranted and ... compromised the safety of your crew and your passengers and led directly to the injuries." Kinzer said he first learned of his dismissal in an earlier phone call during which a personnel staffer said he was being fired because the flight was one of several incidents that brought negative attention to Allegiant. He did not record the call, and Allegiant spokeswoman Kimberly Schaefer disputed that the airline would fire someone over an issue of "public perception." She said terminations are made only after thorough investigations. The company "values the safety of our passengers and crew above all else," Schaefer said. "Allegiant is a safe airline." For Spirit, Frontier Airlines, 'Tis the Season to Hike Bag Fees Evacuations are expensive for airlines.