AvTalk Episode 360: War shuts down Middle East airspace
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we discuss the US-Israeli attack on Iran and Iranian response with an eye on the effects on commercial aviation. Airspace closures, flight cancellations, reroutes, di...
6 Mar 43min
AvTalk Episode 359: Reading them the ROTOR Act
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, after passing unanimously in the Senate, the US House of Representatives votes down the aviation safety-focused ROTOR Act, which was championed by the NTSB, pilots’ u...
27 Feb 42min
AvTalk Episode 358: Not how you want the day to go
Plenty to discuss on this week’s episode of AvTalk: More clarity on what exactly led to the closure of airspace above El Paso last week A United Airlines flight from Lagos experiences an extraordinary...
20 Feb 51min
AvTalk Episode 357: Frickin’ drones with frickin’ laser beams
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Ian is joined by Ned Russell in the studio as Jason and Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren report from their outpost in the Caribbean. We try to understand what happened in El Pas...
13 Feb 55min
AvTalk Episode 356: Finally, a 25 hour rule
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, the FAA finalizes the rule mandating 25-hour recordings on cockpit voice recorders. Confusion ensues after President Trump says he’s decertifying “Canadian made” airc...
6 Feb 53min
AvTalk Episode 355: Systemic failures
On this week’s episode of AvTalk: The NTSB holds its board meeting to determine the probable cause of the mid-air collision above the Potomac River last January UPS announces it has retired its MD-11 ...
30 Jan 53min
AvTalk Episode 354: Want to buy a 747SP?
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, the US issues a set of NOTAMs warning of military activity in a large swath of the North Pacific. The NTSB issues an update on the UPS MD-11 crash, focusing on additi...
23 Jan 43min
AvTalk Episode 353: Boeing has a banner year
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Boeing and Airbus report their final tallies for orders and deliveries in 2025 and it was Boeing’s best year since 2018. Allegiant is buying Sun Country in a shake up...
16 Jan 37min
