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AvTalk Episode 332: “Ongoing concern” concerns

AvTalk - Aviation Podcast

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4.8911 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Spirit Airlines’ second quarter earnings report raises “ongoing concern” concerns and paints a bleak portrait of the airline’s future. A French notification about a Swiss investigation tips us off to a close call by an Aegean A320neo from last November.
Brazilian investigators release their final report on the collision between a GOL 737 MAX and a truck on the runway and reveal the incredible sequence of events the prevented the accident from being much, much worse and also how it could have been avoided entirely.
The US DOT Office of Inspector General has launched an audit of the FAA’s airspace organization around DCA airport and the ADS-B exceptions provided to military aircraft.
Chile has agreed to drop the charges against Ethan Guo, the pilot who landed at Chile’s Antarctic base, but Guo is still stuck for the time being.
Helpful links for this week’s episode

* Spirit Airlines Q2 financial report
* Aegean Airlines flight
* GOL 737 MAX vs truck final report
* US DOT OIG audit announcement

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to episode 332 of AvTalk.

0:12.4

I am Ian Petchnik here as always with.

0:15.8

Jason Nerebedo.

0:16.6

What's going on, Ian?

0:18.0

It's the M-R-T-T of podcast episodes.

0:21.5

We got a little bit of everything?

0:24.3

Oh, no, it's 332.

0:27.5

Oh, I didn't even realize.

0:29.4

Wow, I looked right past that.

0:31.5

Man, that's not great.

0:33.8

The more successful of the lesser version now of the A-330, I guess, right? Maybe. The more successful of the lesser version now of the A330, I guess, right?

0:39.9

Maybe.

0:40.3

The more successful of the lesser version.

0:43.2

Yes, while we have the NEO.

0:44.3

No one cares about the CO.

0:47.0

Wait, no, do I have that backwards?

0:49.0

The A330, 200 sell better than the 300?

0:51.5

I might have that backwards.

0:52.8

No, definitely not.

0:53.7

I have that backwards,

0:54.6

but I know enough to know that I was wrong. It's okay. I think starting the podcast with you being

1:00.3

wrong is a good way to dive in. We'll get you at some point. Your turn. We'll get me at multiple

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