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Boarding Pass 216: Oh Boeing... Jan 15, 2024

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Doug is back from a 2-day trip to Munich where the trains weren’t running and Drew is lucking out again with calm East Coast weather for the MLK weekend traffic. We discuss:
Alaska 1282 door plug incident
It’s an El Niño year for weather patterns. How does that affect aviation?
Jetblue's Joanna Geraghty is the first major US airline CEO
Delta orders 20 A350-1000s
What does Boeing pay for 737 groundings?

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Boarding Pass 215: JAL 516 Jan 08, 2024

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Drew deals with “flurrygate" to cap off 7 busy week for airport ops while Doug is getting much needed rest after a running the gauntlet over the Christmas holiday. We discuss:
JAL 516 - “kudos to the crew”
Smooth operators - airlines keep it together over the holiday season
Akasa (who?) on the verge of a 150 aircraft order
2023 was a safe year for aviation

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Boarding Pass 214: Another Year Over and a New One's Just Begun Jan 01, 2024

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Doug is back from his “W” trip SFO-LHR-IAH-LHR-SFO and trying not to think of where his body clock is. Drew enjoyed a traditional airline Christmas of working and then enjoying takeout Chinese food on the couch with Robbie and doggie, Henny. We discuss:
Did our predictions for 2023 happen?
Mexicana is back!
Are exploding engines in our future? We look at rotating detonation engines
Why do airlines still use 1960s technology dot matrix Okidata printers?
Predictions for next year

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Boarding Pass 213: Under the AvGeek Christmas Tree Dec 25, 2023

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Drew and Doug are both on the job the week of Christmas with Drew working the busy hub operation and Doug doing flights to London, then Houston, back to London, and then home to SFO. We talk about news stories as presents and what we’d like to see under the avgeek Xmas tree.

We also discuss:
JSX buys 300 electric and hybrid planes
Boeing resumes deliveries to China
Lufthansa orders 737 Maxes
We explain what “airline chicken” is

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Boarding Pass 212: Why Flying is Miserable: And How to Fix It Dec 18, 2023

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Ganesh Sitaraman, professor at Vanderbilt University, and author of “Why Flying is Miserable: and How to Fix It”, joins us to talk about the history of the airlines and how to make them better. We discuss:

The inception and growth of America’s airlines
Regulation and deregulation
Ideas on how to bring back service to smaller cities, improve the flying experience, and keep it accessible

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Boarding Pass 211: Alaska Makes an (Un)Surprising Move Dec 11, 2023

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Doug is back from KC46 training near Philadelphia and Drew is working to save fuel by having aircraft APUs shut down fast. Both of us are excited about the Alaska/Hawaiian merger and of course we have opinions on it. Should they start a new airline brand or keep Alaska and Hawaiian identities separate? We also discuss:
The best and worst airports for layovers
The JetBlue-Spirit merger gets closer to happening
Thai Airways is on the verge of a huge 787 order
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Boarding Pass 210: Busiest Day in History Dec 04, 2023

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It’s confirmed - Sunday, November 26 was the busiest day in US aviation history. Drew talks about how it was running the operation that day, and Doug recounts leaving snowy Chicago. We discuss:
Travel forecasts for 2024
A Virgin 787 flies on 100% SAF
Spirit struggles with planes out of service and excess staffing
We remember the Concorde's last flight 20 years ago
Why are all planes not deiced?
Alaska and Hawaiian drop a whopper of an announcement LATE on a Sunday (after we recorded, edited, and uploaded)

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Boarding Pass 209: The Great Sandwich War of 1958 Nov 27, 2023

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Doug is back from Beijing and in the US Midwest for Thanksgiving while Drew is working the busiest holiday travel week ever. We talk about out Thanksgiving celebrations and discuss:
TSA passenger numbers this week
Airline service offerings and IATA regulating sandwiches in 1958
Dutch government drops flight cap threat
Boom Supersonic project gains speed with Saudi investment
Dubai Airshow orders are a win for Boeing
GE90 engines vs its replacement, the GE9X on the 777-9

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Boarding Pass 208: Thanks for Nothing Nov 20, 2023

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Doug is back from New Zealand and Drew's back from Geneva via a 747 from Frankfurt. Both are gearing up for a record breaking Thanksgiving travel period. We talk about what we’re thankful for but it didn’t go as planned. 😃

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Boarding Pass 207: Cargo Flashes Warning Signs Nov 13, 2023

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Doug is back from 777 simulator training and Drew continues Winter Ops training in 70F temps. We discuss:
We get confirmation that our prediction about Jetblue and Alaska merging was and is a possibility
Fedex tells pilots “go work for American"
Spirit leaving Denver
United expects record breaking Thanksgiving holiday travel period

We finish the episode previewing Doug’s trip to New Zealand that evening and Drew's trip to Europe the next day.

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