The guys discuss a slew of recent topics in the news including the possible sale of Bombardier, United buying a flight school, and the Breeze Airways announcement [00:41]. We read a very full listener mailbag [10:40]. Dr. George Nolly joins us to share his impressive aviation background [21:02]. George tells us about his experience as an expat airline pilot [33:34]. George shares his thoughts on pilot dependency on automation and how to combat it [52:47], single pilot airliners [1:06:44], and then tells the most epic story we've had on the podcast so far [1:12:17].

Dr. George Nolly hosts the Ready for Takeoff Podcast, is the author of the Hamfist Novel Series, and recently launched his audio book which you can listen to at freehamfist.com

Show resources:

Breeze Airways Jobs page

IS-BAO for small departments

Brian R's Grand Junction Layover Guide

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