AvTalk Episode 366: An unserious proposal
AvTalk - Aviation Podcast
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4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
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American Airlines celebrates its 100th anniversary with a special flight and a new set of trading cards, while Lufthansa celebrates its 100th anniversary with a cabin crew strike.
Many publications jumped on news this week that United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby suggested a merger between United and American Airlines. We take an icy look at this unserious proposal.
A retiring Icelandair pilot decided to celebrate with a (very) low pass over Vestmannaeyjabær. The only problem: they didn’t have permission. Now the airline and authorities are investigating the stunt.
The US House of Representatives passes a modified version of the ALERT Act, setting requirements for ADS-B In and ACAS-X equipage. The House and Senate will need to agree on compromise language between the ALERT Act the Senate-passed ROTOR Act if the bill is to become law. And a Senate committee advanced legislation that would update how the FAA handles pilot and air traffic controller mental health.
And we go all the way back to Episode 78 as Air New Zealand’s SkyNest is finally set to make its debut.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 366 of AvTock. |
| 0:12.0 | I am Ian Petchnik here as always with. |
| 0:15.3 | Jason Rabinowitz. |
| 0:16.5 | How's it going, Ian? |
| 0:17.6 | We have a special, some might even say honorable guest on the podcast today. And his name is Seth Miller. |
| 0:24.9 | Hey, guys. Hey, Seth. Welcome back to the show. Thanks so much for joining us. And it's my pleasure. Great to be back. |
| 0:30.5 | So we are in Hamburg, Germany. Once again, it didn't make it last year. Very unfortunate. But we are back in action for the Aircraft Interior Expo. |
| 0:39.9 | It is currently day two or day three. |
| 0:43.3 | I don't really remember. |
| 0:44.7 | I'm very tired. |
| 0:45.8 | These days are very long. |
| 0:46.8 | But we've seen some interesting stuff, some not very interesting stuff. |
| 0:51.4 | That's what we're mostly going to talk about this. |
| 0:53.2 | So you got that to look forward to shortly. Yes, the not interesting stuff is more like the not interesting stuff. That's what we're mostly going to talk about this. So you got that to look forward to |
| 0:54.6 | shortly. Yes, the not interesting stuff is more like the not interesting stuff. But that's where I |
| 0:59.5 | the information is unfortunately. To be fair, one of the not interesting things is actually very |
| 1:03.4 | interesting. We'll have to explain that. But first. But we'll get back to all of that, |
| 1:07.8 | but we've got other things to discuss. |
| 1:13.9 | We've got other things to discuss because one of them is happening right now. |
| 1:16.4 | So it'll be completely over by the time the podcast comes out. Days old. |
| 1:17.1 | Friday. |
| 1:18.2 | But today, this very moment, American Airlines is celebrating its 100th anniversary. |
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