Airlines Confidential Podcast

Scott McCartney
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Dec 16, 2020 • 36min

062 - Holiday Travel Numbers

This week: 2020 Holiday travel; Aircraft financing; The logic of flight numbers; A complaint about Aeromexico - Fine? or Whine? and is Covid isolation good for redheads?
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Dec 9, 2020 • 41min

061 - 737-Max Airborn Again-Chris Sloan Reports

This week: Special guest Chris Sloan from The Airchive; The 737-Max takes flight again. How will people feel about flying on it? Why does Delta have multiple Midwest hubs? What's the business structure of airline alliances? and Seth has a complaint about Spirit...is it Fine? or a Whine?
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Dec 2, 2020 • 40min

060 - Time to Taxi

This week: Airlines & the distribution of the covid vaccine; Does one airline actually taxi faster than other airlines? A passenger gets arrested while behaving badly; and a complaint about KLM ticket change charge - Fine? or Whine?
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Nov 25, 2020 • 44min

059 - Grading Airlines on Covid Response

This week: An Asiana - Korean Air merger? An update of the AA rules around heavy wheelchairs; Letter grades on how individual airlines are handling the covid situation from a business & customer perspective; and Charlene says her United plane was dirty and she felt unsafe...Fine? or Whine?
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Nov 18, 2020 • 44min

058 - Southwest's 737 Max Investment

This week: Southwest adds to their 737 Max fleet; A flight attendant behaves badly; A weight limit for wheelchairs? and a complaint about United asking for proof of death.
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Nov 11, 2020 • 38min

057 - Salute to Veterans

This week: Saluting all Veterans; Current opportunities in the airline industry; Do exclusive gate deal for airlines still exist? Anthony with a complaint about a paid boarding upgrade on Southwest - Fine? or Whine?
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Nov 4, 2020 • 40min

056 - Holiday Demand Projections

This week: Will holiday travel demand return? First-ever Southwest layoffs? How long will passengers who refuse to wear a mask be banned from flying? Passengers Behaving Badly...on Spirit; and is a Frontier pricing complaint Fine? or a Whine?
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Oct 28, 2020 • 38min

055 - Questions, Answers, Corrections

This week: Lots o' listener questions and a couple of corrections; Do emergency operations differ between airlines? The deal on Southwest at Love Field; Cousin Ross the pilot clears up some info on turbulence; Why is Delta still flying a 767-400? and a complaint about Copa Airlines-Fine? or Whine?
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Oct 21, 2020 • 34min

054 - One Million in One Day

This week: TSA one-day passenger count hits 1 million; Southwest breaking into United territory; A passenger behaves badly yelling and coughing on EasyJet; and in Fine or Whine, the passenger blames the pilot for turbulence.
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Oct 14, 2020 • 27min

053 - From Cincinnati: Boyd Group's 2020 IAFS

This week: Recorded LIVE on stage at the Boyd Group IAFS in Cincinnati with special guest Mike Boyd. Southwest's surprising moves; What changes in the industry will be perminent?; Study: Airflow IN the aircraft; & a Passenger Behaving Badly on Allegiant.

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