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Airlines Confidential Podcast

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Jun 3, 2020 • 34min

033 - Employee Buyouts & Layoffs

This week: Airline employee buyout and layoff options; Frontier, Southwest announce new routes; Passengers Behaving Badly; and "Fine or Whine?"
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May 27, 2020 • 41min

032 - Top 3 Execs of All Time

This week: The biggest airline bankruptcy yet; Who are the 3 best airline execs of all time?; Passengers Behaving Badly with women's underwear; and is the complaint fine? or is it a whine?
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May 20, 2020 • 33min

031 - Just the Facts, Folks

This week: Exclusive Stats! Scheduled vs Actual Operating flights data; One Airline says it's laying off older workers to "keep the workforce young"; A listener complaint in "Fine or Whine" on a Southwest boarding incident.
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May 13, 2020 • 44min

030 - Avianca, United, Startups

This week: Avianca goes Ch 11; Is United getting leaner or just meaner?; Is this a good time to start a new airline? and in "Fine or Whine" was it really going to get choppy or did the crew just want a break?
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May 6, 2020 • 52min

029 - The Mask Mandate Begins

This week: Flying? You'll now be wearing a mask; Big cuts come to United and others; Passengers Behaving Badly-on Spirit-and this time things got bloody.
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Apr 28, 2020 • 46min

028 - How to Treat the Elites

This Week: How airlines are handling elite status and refunds; A crackdown on using "hidden cities"; in Fine or Whine: A Qantas complaint; and Seth sings again (at the end)
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Apr 22, 2020 • 42min

027 - Government Bailouts

This week: Virgin Australia enters Voluntary Administration (essentially Chapter 11); How can governments get bailouts right? Are middle seats gone forever? and this week's "Fine or Whine" complaint: Why is Southwest keeping my money?
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Apr 15, 2020 • 36min

026 - The Covid Blame Game

This Week: Is Coronavirus the fault of airlines? Who currently has the leverage on aircraft purchases? A Passenger Behaving Badly misinterprets Spirit's Bare Fares marketing; and in "Fine or Whine" - Why can't my dog fly Delta?
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Apr 8, 2020 • 38min

025 - Targeted Aquisition Potential

This Week: Are airlines now an acquisition target? RavnAir files Chapter 11; Is there currently an opportunity to reinvent the airline business? Passengers Behaving Badly (in a bathroom); and this week's passenger complaint in "Fine or Whine".
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Apr 1, 2020 • 42min

024 - The Singapore Bailout

This week: Some airline news not involving Coronavirus; Huge bailout for Singapore Airlines - what about USA Airlines?; Passengers Behaving Badly; and Seth sings (at the end of the podcast).

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