but, with the clock ticking and confusing radio chatter, kinzer did what he had been trained to do.tes and evacuated the aircraft, with eight people sustaining mostly minor injuries. the incident drew unwanted attention to allegiant, but nothing compared to what followed six weeks later, when the airline abruptly fired kinzer for his actions. >> wells: i haven't spoken to a single captain, both allegiant and otherwise, that knows the details, that didn't say, "he absolutely did the right thing. and if i was there, i would have done exactly the same thing." >> loretta alkalay: i've never ever heard of an airline firing a pilot for an emergency evacuation. >> kroft: loretta alkalay has a lot of experience in things like this. she spent 30 years at the f.a.a., prosecuting enforcement cases in the northeast region. she was particularly annoyed by allegiant's letter of termination that blamed kinzer for what it called an "evacuation that was entirely unwarranted," and for not "striving to preserve the company's assets." >> alkalay: yeah, it's really-- it's really outrageous. and-- and th