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Southwest has done something unique, bringing its Network Planning group -- the people who decide when and where to fly -- under the Chief Operating Officer instead of the Chief Commercial Officer. I spoke with Adam Decaire to learn more about the decision and see how it's going.

Kevin and I sit down to on an airplane to talk about Porter's big expansion plans

We're dusting off the podcast to talk about Boeing, the Max, and what we know about flight 1282. 
 
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We're back! Join us for an episode all about how NDC might not quite be as ready for prime time as American wants it to be and its impact on the travel agency world. We're joined by special guests from the Cranky Concierge team, sharing their real-world stories about how difficult this has been. 
 
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Following up three years after our June 2020 discussion, Patrick and I run through the different regions and talk about what United is seeing in terms of success in the network planning world.

In a special return episode, Brett and Dave had a chat with Wallace Beall who worked in revenue management at several airlines including American, and was in charge of yield management when Brett worked at America West. Listen in for a behind-the-scenes talk about how overbooking is decided and how much the industry has changed in the last couple of decades.