Flight 76 - Ditching, New Strategies, and Comebacks

Flight 76 - Ditching, New Strategies, and Comebacks

Author: Av8rTony April 20, 2021 Duration: 1:39:10

Recorded on 20th of April 2021 

On today’s show Av8rTony, Rob D., and special guest host Kyle Jansen discuss the importance of a good pair of aviation headsets, ditching in the surf, and cool facts about the Grumman TBM Avenger. We also explore some of the potential airline strategies, the return of full service flights, carriers on their way back, pilot hiring, and mainline carriers providing flight training education as a condition of employment. 

References:  

  • LiveATC audio of THL tornado  
  • Aviation Business Information Board on FB 
  • BeechTalk.com 
  • TBM Ditching article Grumman Avenger 
  • wiki page George H. Bush Avenger crash video 
  • TBM squadron over Bermuda Triangle video 
  • Delta restoring InFlight Service 
  • American restoring InFlight Service 
  • ExpressJet making a comeback  
  • Who's Hiring? AirlinePilotCentral.com 
  • United to hire pilots with no experience  

Chapters: 

[15:20] Kyle's Intro 

[22:10] TDY to NY 

[24:25] Meal Breaks 

[32:20] the Vaccine faux pas 

[38:20] The Big Picture of Dynamic Airline Stratagies 

[49:45] Liability Relief and Voluntary Jabs 

[58:05] Coco Beach Ditch 

[ 1:07:20] Delta/American to resume meal service 

[1:14:05] ExpressJet to resume operation 

[1:17:00] Who is now hiring? 

[1:20:02] United to hire zero time pilots

[1:29:01] Everyone should just be a number 

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