Intro

Join Carlos, Nev, Armando, Matt and Mentour Pilot Petter Hörnfeldt for this weeks recording of the PTUK Aviation Podcast. We had a great chat with the one and only Mentour Pilot and Armando talks to Bob Mills about his time as a Naval Aviator, Airline Captain and President of the Sports Class at the Reno Air Races in the first part of a new interview series. There was the usual round up of the latest commercial news too. Check out Mentour Pilot at his channel at the link below: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwpHKudUkP5tNgmMdexB3ow This is the reporter Petter mentioned : https://www.seattletimes.com/author/dominic-gates/ The Pilot Programme Petter mentioned : https://theairlinepilotclub.com/ Check out the Plane Talking UK on Social Media where you'll find out more about the UK's number one Aviation Podcast. Follow us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/planetalkinguk Twitter at: https://twitter.com/PlaneTalkingUK To get in touch, Send us an email via podcast@planetalkinguk.com via the website via https://www.planetalkinguk.com/ or send us a WhatsApp using +447572249166. Here are the links to the stories we featured this week : COMMERCIAL Delta will fly the final MD-88 and MD-90 flights on June 2nd https://aeronewsglobal.com/delta-will-fly-the-final-md-88-and-md-90-flights-on-june-2nd/ EasyJet to cut 4,500 jobs and reduce capacity https://www.ft.com/content/73e0664c-14a6-4b35-b5ff-2fa37a33db65 Major fire at Bombardier's aircraft factory in Belfast https://ukaviation.news/major-fire-at-bombardiers-belfast-site/?fbclid=IwAR2isPDfHIaDZecCCfQKgrCknuFR6YqmXFMVojujLoNX5ImV726imQFWq5w EMIRATES PRESIDENT TIM CLARK DENIES RUMOURS OF MASS A380 RETIREMENT https://samchui.com/2020/05/23/emirates-president-tim-clark-denies-rumours-of-mass-a380-retirement/#.XtLljzpKjIV Boeing restarts 737 Max production https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/boeing-restarts-737-max-production/138571.article

Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs, thousands more plannedhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-jobs/boeing-cutting-more-than-12000-u-s-jobs-thousands-more-planned-idUSKBN2332EP?feedName=businessNews&feedType=RSS&MessageRunDetailID=1893545432&PostID=15445088&utm_medium=email&utm_source=rasa_io

SpaceX makes history with successful first human space launch https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/27/virgin-orbit-provides-more-details-about-what-went-right-with-its-first-launch-demo/ Russian Student Stranded In Frankfurt Airport https://simpleflying.com/russian-student-stranded-in-frankfurt-airport/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=daily&utm_campaign=22052020