Extra exits, bread trucks, and bankruptcies
5/8/202655 min
This week’s episode of AvTalk takes us from the highest highs to the lowest lows of the aviation industry. We begin with a major announcement mere minutes before our recording as AirAsia orders 150 A220s in a new, denser cabin configuration. Spirit Airlines succumbs to its long running financial difficulties and ceases operations. Newly released documents provide insight into the crash of a China Eastern 737 in 2022. And video from this week’s incident involving a China Eastern A350 in Shanghai raises more questions than it answers. Back in the US, a United Airlines 767 struck a light pole and dama...
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First 90 secondsIan Petchenik· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to episode 369 of AvTalk. I am Ian Petchenik, here as always with Jason Rabinowitz.
Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host0:18
Nice lead-in to that one. That, that was a good always with.
Ian Petchenik· Host0:21
I feel good about that one. I feel like we're on firm footing for the rest of the episode now.
Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host0:25
Yeah. There's only downhill from here then. [laughs] Wait, no.
Ian Petchenik· Host0:28
No.
Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host0:28
You, you said this was gonna be a good episode. I mean- No, it's gonna be a good episode. I am traveling for work once again, but my Wi-Fi is stable 'cause I'm not at a hotel. I'm in a recording suite. It's, like, sound treated, so if I, if I clap, there's no echo. It's the ideal scenario. So I assume the power is gonna go out in, like, 20 minutes. But- [laughs] Something has to happen. Something has to happen.
Ian Petchenik· Host0:51
Those are just the rules.
Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host0:52
Because I had a miraculous easy flight on the way down here, which you know does not happen- Yeah ... for me.
Ian Petchenik· Host0:58
No.
Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host0:59
So I'm gonna pay for it later.
Ian Petchenik· Host0:59
This, this was the cursed route, and you were- The cursed route ... not cursed. Hold on, hold on. Wait a second. There's a lot going on this week that's feeling very off because you made it from LaGuardia to Dulles without issue. You're in a recording space.
Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host1:14
I haven't made it home yet.
Ian Petchenik· Host1:14
Okay. But there's also breaking news before we hit stop on the recording.
Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host1:21
We're even recording slightly earlier than we usually do.
Ian Petchenik· Host1:25
This is bizarre.
Jason Rabinowitz· Co-host1:28
Man, tomorrow getting home's gonna