On this episode of Av Talk, we welcome back the Air Current Editor-in-Chief John Ostrower for a wide-ranging

conversation as we try to understand the effects of the novel coronavirus on the aviation industry.

We also look at the state of the 737 max

and the prospects for the aircraft's return to service

one year after the crash of Ethiopian flight 302

and a year into its worldwide grounding. Hello and welcome to episode 79 of Avtalk I am Ian Petchnick here as always with

Jason Erbenowitz hi Ian

hello Jason and today we have joining us a Hi Ian. Hello, Jason.

And today we have joining us a special guest on the program who has joined us before when we feel

lost in the woods, here to provide some clarity in a time of mass confusion.

The Air Currents editor-in-chief John Ostrower.

John, thank you so much for joining us.

Oh, always good to be with you guys, thanks.

So we've asked you to talk with us today

about a couple things.

We're recording on Tuesday the 10th of March,

which marks one year since the crash of Ethiopian 302.

The podcast, listeners will first hear it on Friday the 13th, which will mark one year

of the worldwide grounding of the 737 max.

And all of this sits in the background of perhaps the greatest crisis to hit the aviation industry since 9-11, which is to say that

the expansion or continued spread of the novel coronavirus has made for some very difficult times.

So there's a lot to talk about.

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