Boarding Pass 157: Single Pilot? Yeah... No Thanks
11/28/22 • 51 min
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The traffic is terrific as we roll into the holiday travel season. Doug is mixing work and pleasure on his trip while Drew is enjoying the week off. We discuss passenger volumes and how airlines hope to avoid the meltdowns we saw this summer. Also:
European carriers are looking to safely operate large jets with a single pilot
FAA creates guidelines for electrical air taxi
We look at the busiest routes this month around the world
Nonstop LAX to Singapore or 5 stops?
https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/
The traffic is terrific as we roll into the holiday travel season. Doug is mixing work and pleasure on his trip while Drew is enjoying the week off. We discuss passenger volumes and how airlines hope to avoid the meltdowns we saw this summer. Also:
European carriers are looking to safely operate large jets with a single pilot
FAA creates guidelines for electrical air taxi
We look at the busiest routes this month around the world
Nonstop LAX to Singapore or 5 stops?
https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/
Previous Episode
Boarding Pass 156: Home for the Holidays (Some of us at Least...)
Doug and Drew ring in the holiday season with our rendition of Home for the Holidays - don’t worry, its just the first two verses. Where exactly was Karen Carpenter when she was singing about people coming and going through Pennsylvania for some homemade pumpkin pie? PHL, PIT, or MEM? We tank dive which airport she was in and which airline. Also on this episode.
The traffic is terrific - heavy load factors this week
How NOT to run a Winter Operation
Frontier’s Unlimited Flight Pass
5G interference with aircraft and radio altimeter replacements
Jetblue plans flights to Paris - bring on the A321XLR’s
Cathay Pacific starting to ramp up again
Air India brings Vistara and Air Asia India under its brand
Whether you’re connecting at PHL, ATL, DFW, or ORD for the holidays, you can’t beat home sweet home. Thanks for spending part of your holidays with us!
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Next Episode
Boarding Pass 158: The Jakarta Incident
Doug was in Hawaii for Thanksgiving but got out before Mauna Loa erupted. We discuss how volcanic ash affects aircraft engines and review some near-disasters where 747’s lost all 4 engines due to eruptions around the world. Also:
TSA screened over 2.5 million passengers last Sunday, the most since the start of the pandemic
Saudi Arabia announces the launch of RIA, a new airline based in Riyadh, to compete with the ME 3
New low fare airline Fly Atlantic will be based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and fly transatlantic
We look at the gaps in Boeing’s new product launches: 757 to 777 to 787 to ???.
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