30 episodes
Wheels Up! Podcast 98.7 The River (WYKZ-FM)
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- Society & Culture
Do you know the proper way to complain if you have a bad experience with an airline? Do you know why not to drink coffee or tea on your next flight? And what do you need to know about flying with a companion or emotional support animal? This is Mark Robertson and in my new podcast, Wheels Up, I’ll be talking with iheart radio’s airline expert Jay Ratliff about things you should know…and go into some of the more unusual stories of the airline industry. Find wheels up on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Episode 29: How a breakfast burrito got a man kicked off a flight and arrested
Wheels Up is my podcast going behind the scenes of some of the offbeat and unusual stories from the airlines, airports and travelers. In this installment: a breakfast burrito catches the eye of a TSA agent, the creator of Southwest Airlines brings us Breeze Airways, and the CDC says airlines should leave middle seats empty...but will they?
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Episode 28: American and Delta Airlines Get Political
Wheels Up is my podcast going behind the scenes to bring you some of the more unusual stories from the airline industry. In this installment we talk about everything from Southwest kicking a couple off a flight for not wearing a mask (and getting a standing ovation from the passengers) to two airlines taking a stand on voting laws.
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Episode 27: Buzz Lightyear found safe and secure after an airline adventure
Wheels Up is a podcast about the offbeat and unusual stories of the airline industry and airports. In this installment, Southwest finds a boy's lost Buzz Lightyear action figure and returns it with some special photos...a plane is diverted to Charleston after a passenger bites a man's ear following some erratic and disruptive behavior...John Kerry flies maskless and a photo goes viral...and a flight from Costa Rica is delayed when the flight crew is robbed on their way to the airport
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Episode 26: Pilot forced to land after he's attacked by a cat in the cockpit!
Wheels Up focuses on some of the offbeat and unusual stories of the Airline industry and the people who work there or fly. This installment features a mystery flight from Australian airline Qantas plus a discussion of why the number of airline complaints is up...and how to properly lodge a complaint if you want the airlines to respond!
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Episode 25: Behind the Boeing 777 Engine Fire on United Airlines
Behind the stories from the airline industry--serious and not to serious. This installment includes a discussion of the massive engine failure over Colorado; a new expense for basic customers on JetBlue; a TSA agent saves the day for a family sent to the wrong Portland city...and much more.
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Episode 24: A passenger gets an airline credit card charge that looks racist.
Talking about some of the offbeat stories from the Airline industry: a disgruntled passenger head butts a flight attendant. A woman gets a seemingly racist comment on her credit card charge from American Airlines. And Savannah sees the arrival of two new airlines including Southwest, but how long will they stay?