Plane Talking UK Podcast18 Apr 2022

Episode 407 - Uber Flights

Join Carlos, Matt, Armando and Nev for this week's show.

In this week's show we hear about an airline that will give its staff $1000 for not bunking off work, some Jetblue passengers wanna get off a plane after the bumps, & Ryanair get into a right old pickle with a passengers wheelchair.

In the military, there are some changes afoot in the contract adversary aircraft world and the RAF goes green for its pilot training! And the RAF give out a contract for support.

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Here are the links to the stories we featured this week :

COMMERCIAL

An International JetBlue Flight Diverted From JFK To Newark And Passengers Weren't Happy
https://simpleflying.com/jfk-newark-jetblue-international-flight-diversion/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10709257/JetBlue-passengers-plead-crew-aborted-landings.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/terrified-passengers-scream-beg-plane-26696617

Disabled man kicked off Ryanair flight as 'wheelchair could ruin plane'
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/disabled-man-kicked-ryanair-flight-23640367

Heathrow Airport passenger numbers highest since pandemic began
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-61041920

Virgin Australia F100 enroute on Dec 27th 2021, cabin and flight crew unwell in flight, possibly hypoxia
https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4f2beb3b&opt=0

US Flight Passenger Who Was Duct-Taped To Her Seat Faces Record Fine (follow up from story 5 episode 376) https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/woman-on-us-flight-who-spit-at-headbutted-crew-faces-record-81-950-fine-2887078

Pilots of 777s and 787s warned over pitch-guidance mode slip before take-off
https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/pilots-of-777s-and-787s-warned-over-pitch-guidance-mode-slip-before-take-off/148258.article

Virgin Atlantic Invites You To See The World Differently With New Ad Campaign
https://www.virgin.com/about-virgin/latest/see-the-world-differently-with-virgin-atlantic
https://onemileatatime.com/news/virgin-atlantic-ad/
https://simpleflying.com/virgin-atlantic-see-the-world-differently-ad-campaign/

UPS Receives Delivery of Its Last New Boeing 747 https://www.flyingmag.com/ups-receives-delivery-of-its-last-new-boeing-747/

JetBlue Floats $1,000 Bonus For Flight Attendants Not To Call In Sick https://simpleflying.com/jetblue-floats-1000-bonus-for-flight-attendants-not-to-call-in-sick/

You'll Soon Be Able to Order Flights Through the Uber App
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/424089
https://simpleflying.com/uber-selling-flights/

UK Charter Booking Platform Focuses on Empty Legs
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2022-04-14/uk-charter-booking-platform-focuses-empty-legs

The Flying Doctor! How a Norfolk GP built his own Red Baron Fokker triplane
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/30618-norfolk-doctor-red-baron-fokker-triplane

MILITARY

Draken Will Provide Red Air Services To The Royal Air Force
https://theaviationist.com/2022/04/12/draken-will-provide-red-air-to-raf/

UK military training provider Affinity trials zero-emission Velis Electro
https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/uk-military-training-provider-affinity-trials-zero-emission-velis-electro/148261.article

Divers recover Navy plane that crashed off Virginia coast
https://www.register-herald.com/region/divers-recover-navy-plane-that-crashed-off-virginia-coast/article_cae24f5b-9b74-5e03-bf72-bf44d81b8560.html

Epic task of restoring WW2 Lancaster to flight
https://www.forces.net/heritage/history/epic-task-restoring-ww2-lancaster-flight

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