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AvTalk Episode 174: Spirit turns its lonely eyes to Blue

AvTalk - Aviation Podcast

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4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, one chapter of the saga of Spirit Airlines comes to a close and another begins. We review the second quarter results for Boeing and Airbus and note some common themes. And we’re joined by Matt Chaifetz, CEO of Contour Airlines, to discuss the airline’s unique position as a public […]

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to episode 174 of Avtoc. I am Ian Petchnick here as always with...

0:17.0

Jason Rebut notes. Hello, Ian, how is your Wednesday?

0:20.0

My Wednesday is going well. How is your Wednesday, Jason?

0:24.0

Good.

0:24.5

You didn't even have to remind me that it was Wednesday this week.

0:26.9

I remembered all by myself.

0:28.2

I took the opportunity to ensure that you had remembered,

0:31.1

but I'm glad that I've beaten it into you.

0:33.0

Yeah, we had good calls to remember it's Wednesday because we had a very good interview with the

0:37.6

CEO of Contour Airlines just a few minutes ago.

0:40.9

We did.

0:41.9

Our conversation with Matt Chavitz will be a little bit later in this show. But first I make sure that you made it home okay. You are recording from home, yes? Yes, I am not trapped in Heathrow. Once again, I pressed my luck even further and I had another very easy, very painless trip through Heathrow unexpectedly. Terminal 3, I had was flying premium select on Delta which may or may not have come with fast track.

1:09.4

According to Delta, it did not, but it turns out it does and there was the line and everything was

1:14.4

fantastic. I believe you had that shall we say enlightening experience with I

1:19.9

truly truly believe was not a real human being.

1:24.0

I don't know.

1:25.9

I don't know.

1:26.9

That bot, the language used by whoever replied,

1:30.2

I can't imagine a bot using grammar and sentence structure that poorly.

1:34.0

That's fair, that's fair.

1:38.0

So you made it home, you're back, and boy, has it not been a quiet week? No, things keep happening. It has not been a quiet day. I'm afraid that we're pressing our luck recording when we are.

1:52.5

However, things that have happened already today.

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