AvTalk Episode 375: Progress, but to what end?
6/19/202646 min
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Indian investigators issue a progress note, but don’t necessarily note their progress. After more than a decade of negotiations the European Parliament keeps its signature airline compensation legislation much the same. Qantas announces the first Project Sunrise route for its forthcoming Airbus A350-1000ULRs. And Spirt gets the go-ahead to auction off its assets, including its coveted slots at La Guardia Airport in New York.
Helpful links for this week’s episode
- IATA’s Save a life, not a bag campaign
- Reuters reporting on the Pope’s plane problems
- Delta Material Services
Check back soon for a transcript of this week’s episode.
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First 90 secondsIan Petchenik· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to episode 375 of AVtalk. I am Ian Petchenik, here as always with Jason Rabinowitz.
Jason Rabinowitz· Host0:17
Ian, it was a pleasure hanging out with you this past weekend.
Ian Petchenik· Host0:20
It was a lot of fun.
Jason Rabinowitz· Host0:22
Or weekday before last weekend. I don't know. Time is, is tricky right now.
Ian Petchenik· Host0:26
Yeah. I think time still does not matter, but- It bled into the weekend.
Jason Rabinowitz· Host0:30
It, it did It did.
Ian Petchenik· Host0:32
We had a good time in Cleveland for a bit. We got to do some plane spotting. We had a good time down in Akron for a bit with the Goodyear Blimp, though unfortunately, we did not get to fly it.
Jason Rabinowitz· Host0:47
We did not. Had a nice afternoon in, in Cleveland, like you said, Ian, and then the folks at the-- What was the official name that Apple told us we left our stuff at? The Wingfoot Lake Airship Operations Balloon Port- Yes ... were outstanding. Everyone at Goodyear was exceptionally welcoming. They literally opened every door except the hangar door and said, "Okay, here's everything. Have at it. Go talk to anyone. Go look at anything. Go touch anything." But the hangar door must stay closed because Cleveland, you've done us dirty, and it was a little, little too windy, and they couldn't take the blimp out of the blimp hangar, which is- Yeah ... disappointing. But there is more blimp to