AvTalk Episode 287: How best and final is “best and final”?
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Boeing gives its striking machinists union its “best and final” offer. But how best and final is it? EASA informs A350 operators to ensure they’re cleaning their fue...
27 Sep 202432min
AvTalk Episode 286: Leis, strikes, and stripped for parts
On this episode of AvTalk, Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines secure Department of Transportation approval of their merger. As the Boeing Machinists’ strike enters week two, the company is implemen...
20 Sep 202446min
AvTalk Episode 285: How much cocaine can you fit in a Gulfstream?
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, a Delta A350 clips a CRJ-900, knocking the regional jet’s tail off. Brazilian investigators release their preliminary report on the crash of VoePass flight 2283. Boei...
13 Sep 202446min
AvTalk Episode 284: When protection doesn’t protect you
On this week’s AvTalk, a fuel hose failure on a Cathay Pacific A350 prompts fleet-wide inspections of the Trent XWB engine. Russian investigators release their preliminary report on the Gazpromavia Su...
6 Sep 202436min
AvTalk Episode 283: When the door guy goes on vacation
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we discuss Dominic Gates and Paige Cornwell’s article in this week’s Seattle Times detailing how the door plug on the Alaska Airlines 737-9 MAX was reinstalled withou...
30 Aug 202452min
AvTalk Episode 282: Just when everything was starting to go well
On this week’s episode, Boeing’s 777X test fleet is grounded after separated or cracked thrust links are found on all three aircraft. An update on the VoePass 2283 investigation. Elliott Management, t...
23 Aug 202436min
AvTalk Episode 281: VoePass 2283 crash discussion with Steve Giordano
On this week’s AvTalk, we’re joined by Nomadic Aviation Group founder and pilot Steve Giordano to discuss the circumstances around the crash of VoePass flight 2283. Giordano breaks down some of the im...
16 Aug 202441min
AvTalk Episode 280: Hear ye, hear ye says the NTSB
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, the NTSB holds two days of investigative hearings on the Alaska Airlines 737-9 MAX exit door plug blow out. What we learned from the hearings and what we still don’t ...
9 Aug 202441min
