AvTalk - Aviation Podcast Flightradar24

On this week’s episode, we welcome current commercial pilot and former RAF captain Scott Bateman to discuss his new book, Hercules: First in. Last Out. The story of an RAF legend. Listen now to find out how to enter to win a copy of Scott’s book.

We also discuss a pair of runway incursion incidents last week from New York and Washington DC. Plus, Boeing’s narrowed first quarter loss, the UK AAIB’s final report on G-OATW’s melted windows, and Chilean investigators issue their preliminary report on the inflight upset of a LATAM 787 in between Australia and New Zealand.



Helpful links



* Preorder Hercules

* UK AAIB report on melted windows

* Chilean report on LATAM 787 upset (in Spanish)

* Swiss A330 rejected takeoff at JFK



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On this week’s episode of AvTalk, escalating retaliatory attacks between Iran and Israel and their effects on global air travel, congressional hearings sharpen the focus on Boeing’s problems, and United Airlines makes big changes to its order book. Plus, we’ve got stolen gold, expensive eels, and a unique competition.

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Thousands of extra planes take to the skies and New Jersey experiences an earthquake. And that’s just through Monday this week. We then hear from a fresh whistleblower at Boeing who alleges that some 787 and 777 aircraft could experience structural failures. Plus, the NTSB issues its preliminary report on the United flight that went off the runway in Houston, Spirit Airlines announces pilot furloughs, and a Southwest 737 loses its engine cowling.

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On this week’s episode of AvTalk, a plane crash lands and then crashes into another plane that crashed a few months earlier. Pratt and Whitney may have a new problem on their hands. The FAA’s mental health panel makes its recommendations. And the French pilot union is calling for a strike to protest a proposed law that would limit their ability to strike.

Helpful links for this week’s episode



* Photos of the Safe Air 727 after crash landing in Malakal

* JetBlue’s stricken A321neo

* FAA’s Mental Health & Aviation Medical Clearances Aviation Rulemaking Committee report and recommendations

* JetBlue’s new bag fee matrix

* April 8th’s eclipse information for pilots

* Does flying during the eclipse count as night flying?



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On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we welcome AIN Media Group editor-in-chief Matt Thurber to discuss how the aviation industry is reacting to GPS spoofing and jamming. Plus, major leadership changes at Boeing could take the company in a new direction. And the FAA continues to clamp down, this time taking a closer look at United’s operations after string of recent incidents. But has the agency gone too far?

Helpful links from this week’s episode



* Matt Thurber’s excellent article on GPS spoofing and jamming at AIN Online

* Boeing’s memo announcing leadership changes

* Damage to Emirates A380 in Moscow

* Playback of Southwest Airlines flight 147

* Report in The Lancet on French heart transplant



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On this episode of AvTalk, an update on the inflight upset experienced by a LATAM 787, the problem with popular media’s hyper focus on aviation incidents, and we dig in to the report detailing what actually happened when an errant flight plan shut down UK airspace last August. Plus, we discuss Flightradar24’s new GPS jamming map.

Helpful links and reading for this week’s episode



* The Air Current: Pilot seat movement at center of LATAM 787-9 dive investigation

* Are flights squawking 7700 more often?

* NATS flight plan processing failure report



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