Airplane Geeks Podcast - Episode 68 - Cranky Yet Again [82:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1936)

Brett Snyder, The Cranky Flier himself, joins as this Episode’s guest to talk about his new venture, Cranky Concierge. This service provides a real, live airplane dork (his term!) who is available to support you when traveling by air. You can ask yourself why the airlines don’t provide this kind of service for their customers, but you can probably answer your own question!

• Eclipse Aerospace Begins Mods on E-500s
• Ryanair Selling Smokeless Cigarettes
• Cheaper business airfares still a tough sell in today’s economy
• Ads On a Plane: (Maybe) Free Wi-Fi Coming to Airlines
• Airline trade group wants easier union decertification if approving unions gets easier
• U.S. House Passes Travel Promotion Act
• Airlines Third-Quarter Earnings Forecasts

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This episode’s opening and closing music is provided by Brother Love from the Album Of The Year CD. Visit his site at http://www.brotherloverocks.com/.

 

 Episode 67 - Marketing with Paula [87:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2043)

Guest Paula Williams from Aviation Business Consultants International Inc. (ABCI) joins Dan, Rob, and Max to talk about social media marketing in aviation. We also have aviation news from the week, Dan has an interview about new media with Kristie Van Auken from the Akron Canton airport, and we have the Airplane Geeks Australia Desk report.

The news:

• BA’s Walsh touts all-premium New York-London flight as ‘bold step’
• AVIC General Aviation scouts for stakes in foreign firms
• Eclipse Aerospace Gets EA 500 Certificate
• MHI gets 1st overseas order for passenger jet from U.S. airline
• A tale goes on as another ends [pdf]

See also:

• Air Racer – Chasing the Dream
• Aviation Critic & Enthusiast
• Thirty-Seven-Thousand-Feet

Follow the @AirplaneGeeks on Twitter, send us email at thegeeks@airplanegeeks.com, or leave us voice mail at (812) 757-4252.

This episode’s opening and closing music is provided by Brother Love from the Album Of The Year CD. Visit his site at http://www.brotherloverocks.com/.

 

 Episode 62 - The Youngest Airplane Geek [78:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2086)

Evan, from the Evan Flys website, joins Dan, Rob, and Max to prove that airplane geeks come in all sizes and ages. Evan has a passion for aviation, especially warbird aviators and airshow performers. In fact, he’s interviewed a number of them, he can be heard on Flight Line Internet Radio, and he writes a monthly column for Atlantic Flyer magazine.

• SWA ’seriously considering’ Canada/Mexico/Caribbean flying in 2011
• Government clears air crew in recent runway stranding
• Eclipse Aviation purchase approved
• Flight Delay Predictor Saves Airport Time and Hassle
• NTSB Needs to Re-Admit NATCA to Investigation
• What’s up with the naked unruly fliers? and Man Strips Naked On Plane, Punches Lady In Face
• Fly kid grounded

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This episode’s opening and closing music is provided by Brother Love from the Album Of The Year CD. Visit his site at http://www.brotherloverocks.com/.

 

 Episode 38 - Economics with Dr. Adam Pilarski [60:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2128)

Adam Pilarski joins Max and Court as they talk about economics.  Dr. Pilarski is a Senior Vice President at AVITAS and wrote the book “Why Can’t we Make Money in Aviation.”

• Eclipse owners aim for rescue act

• Dutch Safety Board: Malfunctioning altimeter caused THY 737 autopilot to decelerate

• Group explains suit over airline safety

• U.K. Business Secretary Gets Creamed

• The Return of Eastern Airlines: Color us Skeptical.
• Coming and Going – Southwest Bikini Controversy

 

 Episode 37 - Oversensationalism [59:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1962)

Max and Court are joined by Joe Murray from the new StoriesThatFly site.  The topic of choice this week is aviation journalism and Joe lends his expertice with several stories of innaccurate reporting.

• Few deaths in 737 jet crash

• Plane should have been grounded, first Flight 3407 lawsuit claims

• ‘New Eclipse’ Aims To Rebuild Brand, VLJs

• Investigators eye standards for bird collisions

• Morphing Wing Tips Will Cut Drag and Save Fuel

• U.K. Airline May Be First to Install Pay Toilets

 

 Episode 32 - Traveling Mamas [51:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1854)

Max and Court are joined by Desert Mama and Cajun Mama of the TravelingMamas.com blog.  It get’s crazy fast as we talk about the Tush Test.  Yes, you read that right, the Tush Test.

Eclipse Sold to Pieper spinoff

Airlines More Likely to Defer Deliveries, UBS Survey Shows

Dear Mr. President: How Obama can fix travel

American to implement safety reporting program with flight attendants

After 16 hours, passengers end up where they started

Canadian doctors decry airline ‘tush test’

Thompson puts up airline ‘bill of rights’ proposal again

 

 Episode 31 - Maintenance with Kevin Michaels [61:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1880)

Max and Court spend some time with Kevin Michaels of the AeroStrategy Management Consulting group talking about the week’s event’s.  Kevin lend’s his expertice on aircraft maintenance and a variety of other topics.  We always have a good amount of news to discuss, and this week was no different:

Top 5 Mainstream Travel Blogs

What Happened on Flight 1549, Inside and Out

Effort under way to remove aviation restriction from rescue package

 

 Episode 28 - Good Riddance 2008 [61:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1950)

Max and Court welcome Will Hawkins, Rico Sharqawi, and David Allen from APilotsStory.com and Pilots Flight Pod Log Podcast.  We wrap up 2008, and discuss the breaking news out of Denver:

Data recorders found after Denver plane accident

ExcelAire Pilots Face Criminal Trial

British Airways, Qantas Talks Fail on Ownership Split

AOPA: TSA Plans To Step Up GA Scrutiny At Commercial Airports

TSA to listen to pilot concerns on proposed security program

Ten Worst Air Travel Stories of ‘08

Max’s pick of the week is the Plane Spotter Radius Search.  Drag the little plane spotter guy to some location on the map (typically someplace near you) and it shows the planes within a 10 mile radius.

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 Episode 27 - Talking Airplanes with Richard Aboulafia [59:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2195)

Richard Aboulafia, an industry analyst and VP of analysis at Teal Group, joins The Geeks this week as we talk airplanes.  It turns out that Richard is not only very knowledgeable about the aviation industry, but he’s also very funny.  We spend almost the entire hour talking with him about the news:

Airlines’ on-time performance improves in Oct.

Invest in Aviation Infrastructure, Groups Tell Congress; Relatively Small Investments Could Yield Big Local Returns

Analysts see worrying trend in airport incursions

Embraer Phenom Wins Brazilian Certification

Bombardier to bring CSeries 110 to market first

ANA Mulling Seeking Compensation On Boeing 787 Delay

Airbus and Boeing plan loans for buyers

AIA dailyLead Special Report: Looking forward to 2009