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80 - Rockets and Volcanos18 Apr 202301:05:25

In this episode, Gregg, Joe, and Mike talk about the impacts of Rocket launches on aviation and the effects of volcanic ash from the eruption of Sheveluch in Russia. 

Links:
USGS Volcano Hazards
Speedbird 9
KLM867

79 - Operations Manual Roulette13 Mar 202300:53:11

 

Joe and Mike pick random topics from the ops manual in this episode and share knowledge and stories. 

70 - AirVenture 21 - First impressions and Takeaways30 Jul 202100:45:01

Dan, Gregg and Mike just talk about their first few days at OSH and What they are looking forward to for the week.

69- EAA AirVenture 2021 Arrival26 Jul 202101:13:27

This episode Dan and I fly the Fisk VFR arrival into KOSH.

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68 - Hello is this thing on???22 Jun 202101:26:34

In this episode, 

  • Topic:
    • Knowing aircraft, capacity and performance
  • Patreon 
    • You can find show notes for this episode at flyingandlife.com/2021/68

You can find me on Twitter @flyingandlife Facebook.com/flyingandlife

Or you can email contact@flyingandlife.com 

Opening and closing music is from Bensound.com and bumper music is from purple planet.com

You can find the podcast on Sticher radio

67 - Just an Aviation Conversation29 Dec 202001:14:52

In this episode, 

NEWS:

Aviation Stats Update: December 15, 2020

Air Baltic becomes all A220 operator following retirement of final 737

REX (Austraila) receives approval to operate B737s

UK Supreme Court rules LHR third runway a go

UPS engine issues out of Dublin

ASA A320 CAE-SEA diverts to LAX over NW USA due to anti-ice/avionics issue

  • Oceanic Tracks
    • Patreon 

 

You can find show notes for this episode at flying and life.com/2020/67

You can find me on Twitter @flyingandlife Facebook.com/flyingandlife

Or you can email contact@flyingandlife.com 

Opening and closing music is from Bensound.com and bumper music is from purple planet.com

You can find the podcast on Sticher radio



66- Winter Ops are Coming18 Dec 202001:18:26

In this episode, 

  • Patreon 
65 - Non-Standard Operations30 Sep 202001:25:24

In this episode, 

  • Topic-
    • Non-Standard Flying
      • Ferry flights
        • Maintenance and position
        • Charters
        • Test Flights
  • Patreon
64 - ETOPS29 Aug 202001:22:23

In this episode, 

63 - Airline Dispatchers Federation21 Aug 202001:19:43

Flying and life Episode 63 – 

  • News:
  • Topic: 
    • Catherine Jackson President of ADF: 
      • After years of hoping to find time and money for flight lessons, Catherine finally decided to stop waiting and walked into the pilot shack at Lee Airport in Annapolis, MD in June of 2000 and asked if anyone there would teach her to fly. That weekend, she took her first flight in a small aircraft to the AOPA fly-in. A month later, she was camping under the wing at EAA AirVenture and soon after started looking for an aviation career to support her recreational flying. In 2001 she applied for a scholarship offered by the Airline Dispatchers Federation and was awarded the scholarship at the Women in Aviation conference that year. By the end of the year she left a long career in private club management and secured an Aircraft Dispatcher Certificate.
        Catherine knew she wanted to work at Acme South so she returned to Baltimore and started applying for any job posted and started paying back by volunteering with the Airline Dispatchers Federation. It was not long before she had that Acme South job and a seat on the ADF Board of Directors.
        Hired into the Dispatch office in 2006 and elected President of ADF in 2018, Catherine is honored to serve the Dispatch community and enjoys the privilege of giving others the same opportunity. This year, ADF will award seven Dispatch Scholarships.
62 - Skills to be a Dispatcher31 Jul 202001:39:55

 

 

Airline

Loss

Cash on Hand

Cash burn per day

AAL

2.7 or 4.3 B

10.2 B

30 mil/day

DAL

3.9 or 7 B

15.7 B

43 for Q 27M end of June

SWA

915m or 1.5b

14.5 B

23 for q 16m end of june per day

Spirit

212m to 365m

1.2 B

9.5 to 1.5 M

UAL

1.6 to 2.6B

15.2B

A Lot

 

61 - Highs and Lows of Aviation20 Jul 202001:12:37
  • Topic
    • The ups and down of the industry and what lies ahead and really just conversation about what we are hearing and what we are feeling and an personal update

You can find show notes for this episode at flying and life.com/2020/61

You can find me on Twitter @flyingandlife Facebook.com/flyingandlife, instagram

Or you can email contact@flyingandlife.com 

Opening and closing music is from Bensound.com and bumper music is from purple planet.com

You can find the podcast on Sticher radio

78 - Christmas week storm from an airline operations perspective06 Jan 202301:14:01

In this episode, Mike, Gregg , and Joe discuss the Christmas week IROP and how they needed to manage the airline operation and  Joe talks about the customer perspective.

Photo of the high chart discussed about Jacksonville Center.

60 - Reporting Light Chop28 Jun 202001:52:17

News:

Fatal Atlas Air Flight 3591 Cargo Plane Crash Subject of Board Meeting

Complex NAT planning due to alternate airport restrictions
 Faa Safety warnings

Accident: Dynamic B762 at Fort Lauderdale on Oct 29th 2015, fuel leak results in engine fire (Final Report)

  • Topic: Pireps: Dispatchers role in pirep reporting  14 CFR 121.561
    • What is  a PIREP? Where do they come from?  What are the different types of PIREPS?  How are they submitted?
    • How do dispatchers  communicate PIREPS? How do dispatchers ‘see’ PIREPS?
    •  The struggle to get a useful pirep. Objective PIREPS Vs Subjective  PIREPS Different Airlines, Different Policies
    • Future of PIREPS / Discussion
  • Life:
    • How do you deal with stress?
    • How do you manage rotating schedules AKA night shift to dayshift and vice versa changes. 
59 - Dispatching in Canada and the Differences from the USA06 Jun 202001:05:50

This episode we are joined by Dispatcher Joe of Acme Canada. We talk about the major differences between the regulations of Canada and the United States of America.

57 - A Whole New World16 Apr 202001:13:17

In this episode Gregg and I talk about the Covid-19 pandemic and how it is changing the way we operate an airline.

Parked aircraft Videos:

 

56 - Medical Issues and CDC Requirements 31 Jan 202001:20:23

Flying and life Episode 56– 

News:

A350 inflight shutdowns - Linked to spilled liquids

https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/a350-engine-shutdown-incidents-linked-to-cockpit-drink-spills/136434.article

Kobe Crash

https://abcnews.go.com/US/investigators-analyzing-video-captures-sound-kobe-bryant-helicopter/story?id=68611059

NTSB Update: https://www.flyingmag.com/story/news/bryant-helicopter-ntsb-statement/?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email

VAS Aviation

https://youtu.be/B0pQfgi9ZqU

Coweta County Crash Kills Airshow Pilot
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/local-teen-killed-in-senoia-plane-crash-was-son-of-southwest-airlines-pilot

Bad weekend in Aviation - 

https://youtu.be/71xcN7waTf8

https://www.m0a.com

China Corona Virus.

https://ops.group/blog/china-coronavirus/

 

CDC Reporting requirements

https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/air/reporting-deaths-illness/guidance-reporting-onboard-deaths-illnesses.html

55- We have a podcast? 13 Jan 202000:51:41

This episode Gregg and I just talk about life and why we haven't podcasted in the last 6 months.  

We talked about:
dispatcher.org

 

54 - Aviation Universities13 Aug 201901:33:30

Aims Community College
https://www.aims.edu/academics/aviation/

Elizabeth City State University
https://www.ecsu.edu/academics/department/technology/aviation/index.html

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
https://erau.edu/degrees/aviation

LeTourneau University
https://www.letu.edu/academics/aviation/index.html

Lewis University
https://lewisu.edu/academics/coast/index.htm

Liberty University
https://www.liberty.edu/aeronautics/

Middle Tennessee State University
https://www.mtsu.edu/aerospace/index.php

Minnesota State University – Mankato
https://ed.mnsu.edu/academic-programs/Aviation/

PEA (Phoenix East Aviation)
https://www.pea.com

Purdue University
https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/schools/aviation-and-transportation-technology

Southern Illinois University – Carbondale
https://aviation.siu.edu

St. Louis University
https://www.slu.edu/parks/undergraduate/aeronautics-flight-science.php

University of Dubuque
http://www.dbq.edu/Academics/OfficeofAcademicAffairs/AcademicDepartments/Aviation/

University of North Dakota
https://aero.und.edu/aviation/

Utah State university
https://aste.usu.edu/aviation/

Utah Valley University
https://www.uvu.edu/aviation/

Western Michigan University
https://wmich.edu/aviation

 

 

53 - EAA Opening Remarks and All About The F-15E31 Jul 201901:04:44

Show notes coming soon

52 - Podcasting by the plane and OSH arrival31 Jul 201900:56:01

Show Notes Coming Soon

51 - Pre OSH to OSH22 Jul 201901:00:28

Airplane co-owner Dan and I talk about our pre OSH planning, and our journey to AirVenture 2019

50 - SNF 2019 and Why I Did Not Attend23 Apr 201900:39:33

Mentioned on the Show:

GFS MOS MAV Graphics 

Tropical Tidbits

Guest:

https://speedtapeairlines.com

Captain Roger Victor YouTube Channel

 

77 - Airventure 2022 recap and interviews19 Aug 202201:55:36

Dispatcher Gregg and Dispatcher Mike talk about our week at OSH, Interviews with:

-Hydroplane
-Aviation Weather Center
-EAA Jack Pelton Opening and Closing remarks

49 - Podcast Cross Pollination05 Apr 201900:57:51

In this episode,

You can find me on Twitter @flyingandlifeFacebook.com/flyingandlife

RH - Twitter @opposingbasesWebsite: http://www.opposingbases.com

 

Or you can email contact@flyingandlife.com

48 - Planning Around Turbulence28 Feb 201901:15:13
  • Tools used to predict turbulence
  • Tools to tell us when there is reported turbulence
    • Pireps
    • Sigmets
    • Airmets
47 - Overflight and landing Permits18 Feb 201900:49:01
46- Dispatching to Marginal Airports31 Jan 201901:20:11

In this episode,

 

 

  • Topic:
    • Dispatching flights to marginal airports - Thanks to Jason Rabinowitz for the inspiration on the topic

 

45 - A Renewed Effort15 Jan 201900:52:26
44 - Back behind the Microphone 25 Sep 201801:02:32

In this episode,

  • Topic:
    • All combined with the news
  • Life
    • New house
      • construction and selling house
    • Family
    • Airplane
      • down for annual -
43 - Journey home from OSH05 Aug 201801:09:09

Links Mentioned in the Show:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/forecast/graphics/MAV/

https://aviationweather.gov/gfa

 

Photos:

Water in the fuel sump during the preflight from OSH

Maria Sophia asleep after a quick flight.

 

My dad and all but one of the grand children (Maria Sophia is sleeping inside)

Lock and Dam on the Ohio River

VFR over the Top on the last leg home

Friend and Colleague who passed away this week

42 - OSH days 4, 5 & 630 Jul 201801:16:17

Links in the Episode:

http://flythissim.com

https://www.faasafety.gov

Photos:

C-17 on Low approach taken from my campsite 

Me trying on a paramotor 

Sean D Tucker and myself after the announcement that his aircraft will hang in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

Friday in Wisconsin means Fish Fry

Fly This Sim banner

Fly this sim - TouchTrainer® FM 210

Fly this sim- TouchTrainer® VM

The Famous Patty Wagstaff and I at the Goodyear booth

The Show line during the night fireworks show

A person going up in a hot air ballon without at basket...

Why you need to always sump your fuel tanks before every flight!

41 - Airventure Day 2 & 327 Jul 201801:12:25

Links to websites mentioned in the show:

https://www.chartitall.com

https://riseabovewasp.org

https://www.finalflightfinalfight.com

Photos from these day 2-3:

A team of controllers operate one frequency

Jessica Hodson in the Right Seat of the MD-11

 

Image of the radar as the thunderstorms come over OSH

KC-135 performing

 

A team of controllers operate a single frequency

 

40 - Airventure Day One24 Jul 201801:05:21

Friends who joined me on the podcast: Steven, Hillel, Jennifer and David

A220-300

A220-300

Front of PW1500G engine

Back inside of the PW1500G engine

Closeup of the fan blades of the PW1500G

Evening hot air ballon glow

76 - ATC Alphabet Soup13 Jul 202201:24:09

Sites mentioned in the episode:

FAA Traffic Management Manual

FAA OIS

FAA Tier Info

39 - Journey to Oshkosh 201823 Jul 201800:44:27

For show notes see:

https://flyingandlife.com/2018/39/

38 - AirVenture 2018 Preview30 Jun 201800:55:39

In this episode I talk with Dick Knapinski - Communications Director for the EAA about the upcoming EAA - AirVenture known to all as Oshkosh.  Find our more about AirVenture here:

https://www.eaa.org/en/airventure

 

Look at the schedule here:

https://www.eaa.org/en/airventure/eaa-airventure-schedule-of-events

 

 

37 - Innovations in Flight Family Day and Outdoor Aviation Display 201823 Jun 201801:05:22

Innovations in Flight Family Day and Outdoor Aviation Display 

 

For Photos please see the show notes at:

http://flyingandlife.com/2018/37/

36 - Weight Restrictions20 May 201801:10:31

In this episode,

 

You can find show notes for this episode at flyingandlife.com/2018/36

You can find me on Twitter @flyingandlife Facebook.com/flyingandlife

Gregg Twitter @wxfan1978

 

Or you can email contact@flyingandlife.com

 

Opening and closing music is from Bensound.com and bumper music is from purple planet.com

 

35 - A Good Old Butt Kicking06 May 201800:39:58

An episode that talks about my really bad day at work and talking about moving and building a new house.  

 

34 - Jumpseats30 Apr 201801:20:36

Flying and life Episode 34–

In this episode,

 

  • Topic:
  • Jumpseating:
    • Why we can jumpseat
      • See FAR below
    • Tell route qual stories
    • OAL jumpseats
    • make it a good conversation about riding the jumpseat
    • 121.463  Aircraft dispatcher qualifications.
    • (a)
      • (2) Operating familiarization consisting of at least 5 hours observing operations under this part from the flight deck or, for  airplanes without an observer seat on the flight deck, from a forward passenger seat with headset or speaker. This requirement may be reduced to a minimum of 2 1/2 hours by the substitution of one additional takeoff and landing for an hour of flight. A  person may serve as an  aircraft dispatcher without meeting the requirement of this paragraph (a) for 90 days after initial introduction of the  airplane into operations under this part.
    • (c) No certificate holder conducting domestic or  flag operations may use any  person, nor may any  person serve, as an  aircraft dispatcher unless within the preceding 12 calendar months the aircraft dispatcher has satisfactorily completed operating familiarization consisting of at least 5 hours observing operations under this part, in one of the types of  airplanes in each group to be dispatched. This observation shall be made from the flight deck or, for  airplanes without an observer seat on the flight deck, from a forward passenger seat with headset or speaker. The requirement of  paragraph (a) of this section may be reduced to a minimum of 2 1/2 hours by the substitution of one additional takeoff and landing for an hour of flight. The requirement of this paragraph may be satisfied by observation of 5 hours of simulator training for each  airplane group in one of the simulators approved under  § 121.407 for the group. However, if the requirement of paragraph (a) is met by the use of a simulator, no reduction in hours is permitted.
  • Flying and joining Women in Aviation
  • Patreon
    • Just mention

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33 - Sun 'n Fun 201820 Apr 201801:15:05

[caption id="attachment_371" align="alignnone" width="3024"]View from the plane over the vintage camping grounds[/caption][caption id="attachment_367" align="alignnone" width="3024"]Taxing by a Goose as I arrived[/caption][caption id="attachment_347" align="alignnone" width="3024"]Pig Shaped Balloon[/caption][caption id="attachment_348" align="alignnone" width="4032"]Saturday Morning's Ballon Launch[/caption][caption id="attachment_346" align="alignnone" width="480"]Gus's airplane in the container[/caption][caption id="attachment_344" align="alignnone" width="1920"]Gus and I[/caption][caption id="attachment_345" align="alignnone" width="480"]More boxed up Airplane[/caption][caption id="attachment_349" align="alignnone" width="4032"]Boeing C-17 Globemaster III[/caption][caption id="attachment_359" align="alignnone" width="4032"]KC-135[/caption][caption id="attachment_360" align="alignnone" width="4032"]Main Gate of Sun 'n Fun[/caption][caption id="attachment_368" align="alignnone" width="4032"]Nasa T-38[/caption][caption id="attachment_370" align="alignnone" width="3024"]C-54 Skymaster[/caption][caption id="attachment_363" align="alignnone" width="4032"]C-54 Skymaster[/caption][caption id="attachment_356" align="alignnone" width="4032"]Bell P-63 Kingcobra[/caption][caption id="attachment_364" align="alignnone" width="4032"]Howard Aircraft DGA-15P[/caption][caption id="attachment_350" align="alignnone" width="4032"]Sun Rise at Sun 'n Fun[/caption][caption id="attachment_361" align="alignnone" width="4032"]C-47 - Placid Lassie[/caption][caption id="attachment_366" align="alignnone" width="4032"]Placid Lassie's flight deck[/caption][caption id="attachment_369" align="alignnone" width="4032"]MH-47G Chinook[/caption][caption id="attachment_353" align="alignnone" width="3024"]ReMAX Ballon inflating early in the morning[/caption][caption id="attachment_357" align="alignnone" width="4032"]Early Sun Rise[/caption][caption id="attachment_351" align="alignnone" width="3024"]The Paradigm Team performance in Wednesday's night airshow[/caption][caption id="attachment_358" align="alignnone" width="4032"]American A320 bringing back members from the honor flight[/caption][caption id="attachment_352" align="alignnone" width="3024"]Aeroshell T-6 Texans[/caption][caption id="attachment_355" align="alignnone" width="4032"]Smoke from a fire on the way home that told me the winds were better lower[/caption]

32 - Ground Delay Programs and How We Manage Them10 Mar 201801:53:11

Topic:

Or you can email contact@flyingandlife.com

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31 - International travel with Kids and Carl Valeri Interview01 Dec 201701:57:11

Flying and life Episode – 31

You can find me on Twitter @FlyingandLife https://www.facebook.com/Flyingandlife/

Matt on Twitter @bunthogi

Or you can email contact@flyingandlife.com

 

Opening and closing music is from Bensound.com and bumper music is from purple planet.com

 

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30 - Dispatching outside the box20 Nov 201701:13:56

Flying and life Episode 30–

In this episode,

 

75 - Feedback Episode30 Jun 202201:16:09

An episode about a few topics from feedback:

-Dispatching regional vs mainline

-Mexico City airport changes

-IROPs (irregular operations)

29 - Aviation Weather Products and Meteorology31 Oct 201701:23:17

In this episode,

28 - ADF Recap15 Oct 201701:19:26

Flying and life Episode 28–

In this episode,

  • Topic:
    • ADF Topics:   
      • Fuel Policies - Among the Legacies
      • The dispatcher today and in the future
      • Impact of Drones on Aircraft Dispatchers
      • 9/11 Documentary - Voices of the Aircraft Dispatcher
  • Life
    • surprise cruise
    • moving Maria to new room.
    • Teenagers 
  • Patreon
    • New contributor – Even Shoo

You can find show notes for this episode at flying and life.com/2017/28

You can find me on Twitter @flyingandlife Facebook.com/flyingandlife

Greg where can everyone find you on online?

Or you can email contact@flyingandlife.com

Opening and closing music is from Bensound.com and bumper music is from purple planet.com

You can find the podcast on Sticher radio

27 - Remembering September 11, 200117 Sep 201701:26:35

In this episode,

  • Remembering September 11, 2001
    • 9/11 events
    • Personal stories, and some recorded stories. The goal of this episode is not to glorify the day or our stories but just to put them out there.  We as a country pledged that “we will never forget” and there are college students now that don’t remember the day and a whole new generation, like my kids, who need to learn what happened.  Just a warning, this episode will have some emotional times so if you cry easily or frequently I suggest not listening to it while driving.
    • Dispatcher Mike's Story
    • Dr. Steph's Story
    • Greg’s story
    • Jeff’s story
26.4 OSH Day 5 and Wrap-up05 Aug 201701:16:41

In this episode,

    • Interview with NASA Langley Director Dr. David E. Bowles
    • Interview with my Kids about their time and OSH and why its important to take kids to airshows. (possibly talk about the time with the kids around Boeing Plaza)
    • Final Numbers from OSH
      • Attendance: Approximately 590,000, an increase of five percent over 2016
      • Total aircraft: More than 10,000 aircraft arrived at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh and other airports in east-central Wisconsin
      • Wittman alone, there were 17,223 aircraft operations in the 10-day period from July 21-30
      • Total Show Planes: 2,991 Show planes (up 5 percent over 2016):
        • 1,107 homebuilt aircraft (second straight year over 1,100),
        • 1,162 vintage airplanes (up 12 percent),
        • 351 warbirds,
        • 168 ultralights and light-sport aircraft,
        • 79 seaplanes,
        • 54 rotorcraft,
        • 60 aerobatic aircraft,
        • 10 hot air balloons
      • Camping:More than 11,600 sites in aircraft and drive-in camping accounted for an estimated 40,000 visitors throughout the week.
      • Guests registered at International Visitors Tent:A record 2,527 visitors registered from a record-tying 80 nations. (Additional unregistered international visitor counts push the total higher.)

Jennifer's Top 10

1. The people!!! (Meet-ups, coffin, etc)
2. Blue Angels interviews.
3. NASA forum.
4. UPS interviews.
5. Doc! (And Fifi)
6. Heritage flights.
7. Oshbash
8. Doolittle Raid Commemoration
9. The night air show (even in the rain)
10. Warbirds (including  modern military, especially the A-10s)
11. Stairs trucks (In honor of Spinal Tap, I always take my top ten lists all the way to eleven. LOL!)

Mike’s Top 10

  1. Showing kids, Sisters kids and God Daughter all of the planes in Boeing plaza and talking about them and sharing what they do.
  2. Interviewing the Blue Angels
  3. TBM-Avenger – seeing where my Grandfather served
  4. UPS interviews especially with F/O Kate.
  5. The Coffin and spending time there
  6. Walking the vintage area and getting to see a camping area
  7. The Ultra light area – Getting to see a totally different side of Aviation
  8. Seeing my old Flight instructor and friends from college
  9. The Twin Beech act Seeing
  10. Boeing Plaza change every day

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