AvTalk Episode 333: Whinging about windowless window seats

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4.8 • 911 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode of AvTalk, United and Delta Air Lines face lawsuits for charging extra for window seats without a window. Serbian investigators reveal the extent of damages to a Marathon Airlines E195 during takeoff in Belgrade and the chain of errors leading up to the flight. A Finnair ATR (operated by NORRA) has an unfortunate incident with a ground power unit. Air Canada’s flight attendants return to work and a tentative agreement could be the first domino to fall in how flight attendants across the industry are paid.
Helpful links for this week’s episode

* Marathon Airlines report
* Finnair ATR photo
* Ryanair Seat 11A (no window)
* Spirit Airlines flight through (over) Hurricane Erin

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 33 of AvTalk.
0:12.8	I am Ian Petchnik here as always with.
0:16.4	Jason Urbanowitz.
0:17.4	Hello, Ian.
0:18.3	How old was your week?
0:19.4	It's going really well.
0:20.5	Jason.
0:20.7	Do you know why it's
0:21.4	going really well? Why? Oh, wait, I know. I know, because the kids are back in school. The kids are
0:26.7	back in school. See, I knew it. I can hear a difference in your voice. You sound more well-rested.
0:35.9	I don't know if I'm more well rested, but I'm certainly enjoying the return
0:41.1	to normalcy around here after the crazy days of summer. But we had a good summer and now
0:48.3	I'm ready for fall. I'm also counting down the days to Dorkfest less than a month away. So I'm
0:53.0	excited about that. How did that happen?
0:55.1	If you're planning, I know, if you're planning on joining us in Los Angeles on the 13th of
0:59.8	September, be sure to RSVP to Dorkfest. There's no cost. There's no tickets or anything,
1:08.5	but you can't win the raffle prizes this year unless you
1:13.0	RSVP in advance. So do that. And we'll see you there in less than a month. The should
1:19.6	have been an incredibly serious accident, but miraculously wasn't list, growsows longer, thanks to the final report issued for the Marathon Airlines flight that was
1:34.7	operating on behalf of Air Serbia in February 2024.
1:39.8	This was an E-195 operated by Marathon Airlines departing Belgrade, or trying to depart Belgrade.
1:49.8	They did so many things wrong trying to get this aircraft off the ground.
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