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Doug is back from London and Drew lost a fight with a windsock. We discuss our weeks in flight and airport ops as well as the latest aviation news:

• Aurora Borealis wows pilots and passengers 
• Government shutdown ends and aviation recovers
• 2 airlines serving the UK, Eastern Airways and Blue Islands, shut down
• FAA extends MD11 grounding to its predecessor, the DC10
• Windsocks - what are they and what do they do
• Near miss at LAX
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Doug is back from Taipei and Drew has a busy week at airport ops. We discuss:

• More nonrev adventures 
• Thanksgiving travel numbers and a way too early weather forecast 
• More government shutdown issues impacting aviation
• Security scare in DC
• UPS Flight 2976
• Engine failures

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• Doug’s Taipei whisky tasting place: Style Liquor and Whisky
• FAA MD11 Emergency Airworthiness Directive

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Doug is back from a whirlwind nonrev trip to Germany with his dad. We remember the history of Hawaiian Airlines as its airline code and operating certificate are laid to rest. We discuss:

• Doug and Dale’s amazing, and fast, nonrev adventure
• Good bye Hawaiian Airlines
• Creeping 777-9 certification delays
• ATC controllers not getting paid as shutdown drags on 
• The COMAC 919 gains traction in Asia
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Drew is back from a weekend in Quebec City and Doug is preparing for a nonrev adventure with his dad. We discuss:

• Birds on approach path
• Travelers Aid people are interesting 
• Engine shortages
• EK9788 - ACT Airlines 747-400BCF crash in Hong Kong
• American Airlines 3rd quarter numbers
• United flight 1093 severely damaged at 36,000ft
• What are weather balloons? 
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Doug is back from his narrow body style trip to NYC and Hawaii, via Denver, and Drew is loving runway inspections between flights (literally) and helping lost pigeons in the terminal. We discuss:

• A Pan Am rebirth?
• Boeing delivery news
• Another U.S. airline posts great Q3 numbers
• Lots of great contributor feedback 

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Doug and Drew are back from trips over the Pacific to Taipei and Honolulu. Our buddy Patrick returns to the show to talk about dragging aircraft around the airport and Drew around Oahu on a packed 2-day trip. We discuss:

• Getting to Taiwan around a typhoon
• Nonreving to Hawaii and back
• Questions on moving aircraft
• The government shutdown starts affecting ATC
• United announces 6 new routes for summer 2026
• Delta 3rd Quarter results
• Airplane maintenance checks
• Two perfect days on Oahu

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Drew has to check the runway after a bird strike report and Doug  is getting ready to go back to Taipei. We discuss:

• Passengers grabbing bags in emergencies
• No more PLAYtime 
• Lufthansa Group announces long-haul fleet plans
• Amsterdam backtracks on fee hikes
• Big, BIG news from Boeing
• Runway lights

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Doug is back from flying the 777 to Frankfurt and Drew finished his first week on PM shift in airport operations.  Fresh croissants from Germany, elevators out of service, runway inspections, and 767 crew resource management - this episode is packed!. We discuss:

• Winter schedule routes
• Spirit lays off 1,800 flight attendants
• The Embraer E2 gets more love - this time from LATAM
• Huge Boeing order from the Middle East
• EMAS saves an E145 in Roanoke, VA
• United upgrades their GUM service
• American and United have IT outages
• Bag cans on narrowbodies
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Drew escorts a 737 and Doug is back from Zurich and New York. We discuss:

• The difference between the airport operations area and the movement area 
• Helping an AvGeek with trip routing
• An update on Southwest’s long-haul ambitions
• Delta/AeroMexico joint venture in jeopardy 
• Is the ultra low-cost airline model dead?

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Doug is back from Amsterdam and Drew is done with airport ops manager training. We discuss:

• Airport Restrooms
• Top 10 airports according to AirHelp
• The Embraer 195-E2 finally gets some love
• What is a sterile cockpit?
• EMAS to the rescue again…and again
• Aircraft type retirements and pilot assignments 
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