Sep 20, 2020
Join Carlos, Nev, Matt and Armando (Live and on tape) for this week's show.
In this week's show there is a shocking announcement from NATS
involving their current batch of trainees, an inquiry into a
Shetland helicopter crash says the crew would have failed the
training exam and the fate of another fleet of A380s is being
decided next week.
In the military the UK Ministry of Deference May not purchase as
many F-35s as originally planned and the US Air Force acknowledges
the rapid development and testing of a new clean sheet fighter
aircraft.
Ian Palmer continues his enlightening chat with Captain Nick and
Dan Holly and Captain Al join Matt for a weather themed Plane
Truth.
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Here are the links to the stories we featured this week :
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Lufthansa Set To Decide On A380 Fate Next Week
https://simpleflying.com/lufthansa-a380-fate/
Video shows passenger push airline employee who falls
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/video-shows-passenger-push-airline-employee-who-falls/LKEV6H2VEFDOBK7FBR2ZTPJK44/
Air-Traffic Control Trainees Tod: Course Over, Job Ended
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/air-traffic-control-trainee-nats-redundant-b447250.html
How Fuel Contamination Threatens Grounded Aircraft
https://www.aviationpros.com/gse/fueling-equipment-accessories/quality-control/article/21149610/how-fuel-contamination-threatens-grounded-aircraft
ATR flies first new-build 72-600 freighter for FedEx
https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/atr-flies-first-new-build-72-600-freighter-for-fedex/140196.article
Boeing's 'culture of concealment' to blame for 737 crashes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54174223?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c4e8zkykmg4t/aviation-safety&link_location=live-reporting-story
Shetland Super Puma crash: Crew 'would have failed training
exam'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-54116035?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c2n5vpdv320t/aviation-accidents-and-incidents&link_location=live-reporting-story
Illustrated book The Etiquette of Flight pokes fun at awful
airline passengers
https://www.creativeboom.com/features/the-etiquette-of-flight/
MILITARY
Storm Clouds Gather Over F-35B Lightning As United Kingdom
Prepares Defense Review
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/36468/storm-clouds-gather-over-f-35b-lightning-as-united-kingdom-prepares-defense-review
The Air Force Secretly Designed, Built, and Flew a Brand-New
Fighter Jet
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a34030586/air-force-secret-new-fighter-jet/
Futuristic V-280 Not Advanced Enough to Replace the Osprey:
AFSOC Commander
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/09/16/futuristic-v-280-not-advanced-enough-replace-osprey-afsoc-commander.html