Plane Talking UK Podcast16 Jan 2022

Episode 396 - Glowing Crew Review

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

In this week's show Qantas get their A380's into money making mode, Japan starts to let your pets on board & one passenger decides the flight deck is better than the cabin. Nev shares with us his latest experience on a short hop to Edinburgh and back.

In the military, the FAA shuts down the airspace on the west coast, A B-52 is trekking across the USA, and USAF Special Operations flight makes a stop at Teeside Airport in Newcastle.

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

COMMERCIAL

FLAGSHIP QANTAS A380 RETURNS TO PASSENGER SERVICE
https://australianaviation.com.au/2022/01/qantas-a380-prepares-for-return-to-commercial-service/

Two Ryanair planes narrowly avoided crash, investigation finds
https://avherald.com/h?article=4f2f0895
https://www.airportia.com/news/two-ryanair-b738-at-malaga-on-sep-11th-2019-departing-and-landing-aircraft-on-runway-at-the-same-time/
https://www.mitma.es/recursos_mfom/comodin/recursos/in-049-2019_final_report_nm.pdf

The World's Busiest Routes In 2021
https://simpleflying.com/worlds-busiest-routes-2021/
https://resources.cirium.com/cirium-airline-insights-review-2021

8,000 Delta Airlines employees tested positive for COVID-19 over four weeks
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/01/13/Delta-Airlines-8000-employees-tested-postive/5641642086614/

3,000 United Airlines Employees Have Coronavirus, But Zero Are Hospitalized
https://onemileatatime.com/news/united-airlines-employees-coronavirus/

FedEx air shipments delayed as omicron variant sickens pilots
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-air-shipments-delayed-as-omicron-variant-sickens-pilots

Spaceship-Like Electric Aircraft 'Alice' Prepares for its First Flight
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43838/spaceship-like-electric-aircraft-alice-prepares-for-its-first-flight-in-these-awesome-images

Pilot With Paraplegia Gets Cirrus Jet Type Rating!
https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/news/2022/01/06/pilot-with-paraplegia-gets-cirrus-jet-type-rating/

Aircraft crashes close to people on Graveley golf course
https://www.thecomet.net/news/aircraft-crash-lands-chesfield-downs-golf-course-graveley-8610320
https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-OPAR/973199
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-opar
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/273972

One of the newest airlines in the US is tackling the pilot shortage by paying them more and hiring from Australia
https://www.businessinsider.com/breeze-airways-raising-pilot-pay-and-hiring-australian-pilots-shortage-2022-1

Delta Removes Degree Requirement for Prospective Pilots
https://www.flyingmag.com/delta-removes-degree-requirement-for-prospective-pilots/?fbclid=IwAR0ZckkhL_hGfxqw_jcVplJH509MkStpv9p4dRei5iqdHqvpldCr0rgRmNc

All 4 occupants of a Medical Helicopter, including infant, survive crash.
https://6abc.com/upper-darby-helicopter-crash-delaware-county-chopper-accident-drexel-hill-united-methodist-church/11456415/
https://www.inquirer.com/news/medical-helicopter-crash-drexel-hill-united-methodist-church-upper-darby-20220111.html

Japanese airline to allow pets on board as industry reels from pandemic hit
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220111/p2a/00m/0bu/027000c

Passenger storms into American Airlines cockpit at Honduras airport
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10394435/American-Airlines-passenger-storms-cockpit-flight-Honduras-Miami-causing-eight-hour-delay.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/passenger-breaks-into-cockpit-american-airlines-honduras-airport-2022-01-12/
https://www.facebook.com/golfcharlie232/posts/4799671113458415

Youngest woman to fly solo around the world arrives in Saudi Arabia
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1999686/saudi-arabia

MILITARY

FAA's Statement On Mysterious Air Traffic Halt Leaves More Questions Than Answers
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43840/faas-statement-on-mysterious-air-traffic-halt-leaves-more-questions-than-answers

Heavy Traffic: A B-52 Bomber Is Being Trucked Across The Central United States
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43784/heavy-traffic-a-b-52-bomber-is-being-trucked-across-the-central-united-states
https://twitter.com/hashtag/b52roadtrip?src=hashtag_click

Taiwan suspends F-16 training missions after jet crashes
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-air-force-searches-missing-f-16-fighter-after-crash-2022-01-11/

Aircraft from US Airforce stop at Teesside Airport to refuel
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19841121.aircraft-us-airforce-stop-teesside-airport-refuel/

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