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Doug is back from Honolulu and Drew celebrated his retirment from the airlines. We discuss:

• Airlines see bookings drop
• Pilots not packing passports 
• More DCA midair drama, this time with an Air Force jet and a kite
• Aviation legislation through the years
• Listener comments 
• Flight plans for this week

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Doug is on the KC46 simulators this week and Drew has some big career news. We’re also planning California and Hawaii trips.

• Airport theory
• New pick to lead the FAA
• Frontier takes a swipe at Southwest
• Listener’s airport list - plus our own 
• Drew’s big news
• More listener feedback 

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Doug is back from 777 training in Denver and Drew runs out of spare 737s on the ground…but wait, what’s in the air? We discuss:

• US economy is seeing some headwinds with airlines bracing for lower bookings
• Performance guidance from the big carriers
• Southwest gives in to bag fees
• Spirit does an about face after bankruptcy and now wants to be a premium, yes you heard that right, a premium carrier
• Korean changes its branding and livery
• Listener comments 

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Drew is back from an airport operations conference in Chicago and Doug’s KC46 flight gets canceled by birds. We discuss:

• ATC Controller paper on leased aircraft and when call signs don’t match liveries. Link here:
  https://ifatca.org/wp-content/uploads/WP158.pdf
• Yet ANOTHER new aviation startup is aiming to shake up the industry with a major airline partner
• No more paper tickets 
• Mergers and acquisitions update from across the pond
• What does it cost to retrofit an airline’s fleet
• KC-46 issues
• Listener comments on Paris and Starlink

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Doug is in Taipei, again, and Drew is back after 24hrs in Paris. Neither time zones, sleep deprivation, nor fatigue will keep us from recording an episode! We discuss:

• Southwest aborted landing at MDW due to private jet
• GE wins huge engine order from Japan
• Archer Aviation releases 2024 results and updates on the Midnight
• FAA firings and hirings and Starlink vs Verizon for the FAA’s internet service
• Wet and dry leases - what are they?
• Contributor 5 STAR rating 

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Drew comes back from sun and warmth to freezing temps and deicing and Doug gets a day off with his AF reserve flight canceled. We discuss:

• Airlines continue their return to Israel as the ceasefire holds
• Southwest announced first-ever layoffs
• Boeing updated its 20-year forecast for Southeast Asia
• Boom supersonic test flights revealed something that has the chance of being a massive game changer
• A Delta Connection CRJ-900 crashed on arrival in Toronto
• Contributor feedback 

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Doug and Drew are back from Asia and have some some great travel stories to tell. Drew’s return flight plan from Colombo had him flying in the opposite direction to get home. Doug was back in Manila where the country is booming and people are nice everywhere you go. We also discuss:

• Airlineratings.com’s lists of top airlines. 
• Lufthansa’s new Allegris product seats don’t fit!
• Spirit turns down Frontier’s merger offer for a 3rd time
• New information on the DCA middair collision
• A review of the safey advances after the last major US crash in Buffalo, NY

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We look at the facts after a tragic accident involving a Blackhawk helicopter and AA5342 from Wichita to Washington Reagan National operated by a PSA CRJ700. Our thoughts are with the families and our extended airline family at PSA and American Airlines. 

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