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An unserious proposal

4/17/202653 min

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we make our annual trek to Hamburg for the Aircraft Interiors Expo where Jason is joined once again by PaxEx.aero’s Seth Miller.

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American Airlines celebrates its 100th anniversary with a special flight and a new set of trading cards, while Lufthansa celebrates its 100th anniversary with a cabin crew strike.

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Clips

Rumors Of Al Baker’s Return
Kirby’s ‘Unserious’ Mega-Merger
Turning Dead Space Into Value
Economy Suite, Or Just Hype?
Voice-Controlled Seats Actually Work
Seatback Screens You Can’t Turn Off
Unauthorized Low Pass Fallout

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Ian Petchenik· Host0:00

    [upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to episode 366 of AvTalk. I am Ian Petchenik, here as always with Jason Rabinowitz.

  2. Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host0:16

    How's it going, Ian? We have a special, some might even say honorable guest on the podcast today, and his name is Seth Miller.

  3. Seth Miller· Guest0:24

    Hey, guys.

  4. Ian Petchenik· Host0:25

    Hey, Seth. Welcome back to the show. Thanks so much for joining us.

  5. Seth Miller· Guest0:28

    It's my pleasure. Great to be back.

  6. Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host0:30

    So we are in Hamburg, Germany once again. I didn't make it last year. Very unfortunate. But we are back in action for the Aircraft Interior Expo. It is currently day two or day three, I don't really remember. I'm very tired. These days are very long. But we've seen some interesting stuff, some not very interesting stuff.

  7. Seth Miller· Guest0:50

    [laughs] That's the- what we're mostly gonna talk about though, so you got that to look forward to shortly.

  8. Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host0:55

    Yes, the not interesting stuff is more like the stuff- The not interesting stuff ... but that's where a lot of the information is, unfortunately.

  9. Seth Miller· Guest1:01

    To be fair, one of the not interesting things is actually very interesting. We'll have to explain that.

  10. Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host1:04

    Yeah.

  11. Seth Miller· Guest1:05

    But first- But first, we'll, we'll get back to all of that, but we've got other things to discuss.

  12. Ian Petchenik· Host1:10

    We've got other things to discuss because one of them is happening right now. So it'll be completely over by the time the podcast comes out- Days old, in fact ... on Friday. But today, this very moment, American Airlines is celebrating its 100th anniversary. So a very happy 100th anniversary to American Airlines. They are celebrating

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