Airlines Confidential Podcast

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042 - Federal Aid & Furloughs Aug 05, 2020

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This week: Update on federal aid & employee furloughs; Are airlines critical to economic recovery?; Listener question on turning off devices; passenger complaint about United and refunds-Fine? or Whine?

041 - Boards of Directors Discussions Jul 29, 2020

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This week: Frontier IPO gets postponed; What does an airline Board of Directors actually discuss?;This week's Passenger Behaving Badly; and Edith in GA with a complaint about pricing on American: "Fine? or Whine?"

040 - JetBlue/American Partner Jul 22, 2020

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This week: What does the new American/JetBlue partnership mean to you?; 3 passengers behave really badly; Listener question: How do airlines keep track of mentally ill pilots?; and a customer complaint-is it fine? or just a whine?

039 - Your Odds on the Middle Jul 15, 2020

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This Week: JetBlue's major West Coast service change; MIT study: Do your odds of dying from Covid-19 change if the middle seat is filled? Passengers Behaving Badly: 1 with a gun. The other a US Senator; Listener question on credit card use for inflight purchases; and who do those masks protect?

038 - Marketing or Medicine Jul 08, 2020

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This week: Empty middle seats-Healthier or just marketing? 7000 literally take a trip to nowhere; Are seatback screens worth the cost to the airlines? A private jet lands in Italy and officials won't let the American's off - Fine or Whine?

037 - Middle Seats and Masks Jul 01, 2020

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This week: Middle seats and masks on planes; Listener question: is Delta yesterday's genius? How can 30,000 passengers stop behaving badly?Customer complaint: I booked then had to pay more later- Fine or Whine?

036 - Cruise-Airline Co-Dependancy Jun 24, 2020

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This week: How do the cruise lines affect the airlines? Will an MBA get you a job in airline management? Complaint: The worst seat on the plane "Fine or Whine?"; No Mask or MEGA hat got him banned from AA?

035 - Same Issues. Different Tactics. Jun 17, 2020

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This week: Why seemingly similar airlines are taking different business approaches; A look at July airline schedules; A listener question about saving fuel while taxiing; and passenger behaving badly...involving alcohol.

034 - A Noteworthy CEO Experience Jun 10, 2020

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This week: What year will the airline industry recover?; Ben's 2-airport adventure; AA CEO's noteworthy experience on a Southwest flight; The status of regional airlines; and this week's customer complaint: "Fine or Whine?"

033 - Employee Buyouts & Layoffs Jun 03, 2020

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This week: Airline employee buyout and layoff options; Frontier, Southwest announce new routes; Passengers Behaving Badly; and "Fine or Whine?"

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