Flight 058. Alex flies his bike on JetBlue, himself on Mint. Paul flies a variety of Singapore 777s. The Air Canada SFO disaster that just wasn’t. Qatar and AA dance apart. New US security measures confusion. Joon, the new Air France millennial airline. United loves the 747, but not dogs nor kids. Easyjet pilot on ecstasy.
Show Notes
00:00 – Introduction, Asia summer for Paul
02:26 – Alex flies his bike on JetBlue, Mint, Mosaic
15:59 – United dog, 747, seat nightmare
20:58 – US security confusion, books, TSA prize
28:40 – Southwest love, LAX helicopter
32:25 – FAA shrinking seats, LGA expansion, supersonic regulation
35:53 – Air Canada SFO near miss
45:57 – Easyjet ecstasy, NRT fence, 787 drawing
49:56 – Layovers reviews, AnalyseAsia
53:00 – Air France missile, VR, Joon
57:48 – Paul tries three Singapore 777, explicit IFE, Uber
1:10:51 – Qatar and AA, Al Baker apology, visa, creative accounting
1:20:23 – BKK
1:29:17 – Conclusion, next flights
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Creators and Guests
Host
Alex Hunter
Co-host of Layovers, Creator of Attache Travel
Host
Paul Papadimitriou
Creator and host of Layovers
What is Layovers – Air Travel podcast?
The Air Travel podcast — created by Paul Papadimitriou, hosted with Alex Hunter & Vinod Viswalingam — #1 in 50+ countries — listen everywhere, watch on Spotify and YouTube.
