AvTalk Episode 315: Growth has “largely stalled”

04/11/2025

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On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Jason joins Ian in Chicago for a face to face conversation, which also means it’s a self-edited show this week.

The preliminary report on the Swiftair 737 crash in Vilnius looks to human factors as investigators probe how and why one of the aircraft’s hydraulic systems was shut off during the approach. Delta Air Lines is the first major US airline to report quarterly earnings this year and the statements from Delta CEO Ed Bastian do not paint a pretty picture, “With broad economic uncertainty around global trade, growth has largely stalled.”

Airline CEOs elsewhere lost their jobs this week, including at Air Baltic and Spirit Airlines. And lessors, airlines, and aircraft component specialists are ramping up their cannibalization of young aircraft in the face of supply constraints.

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James Joseph Graves-Brown says:

2025-04-11 at 18:08

Ian and Jason are my favorite! I love this podcast, and the app and the sky wings game. Need my weekly dose of av-geekery! By the way, my avtalk shirt is getting worn out, where can I get a new one boys!?

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1. Ian Petchenik says:
  
  2025-04-14 at 05:13
  
  It might be time for another run of shirts. Thanks for listening!
  
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Gregory G Stanford says:

2025-04-13 at 01:56

I don’t want to listen to Jason’s politics. If I want to listen to a political podcast, I have multiple options. I just want to hear aviation news. I am close to unsubscribe.

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Oliver says:

2025-04-13 at 02:31

Hi there, love the info you bring together for the week but do you ever check your audio. On this one I had to stop listening because Jason sounds so far away and was hard to understand. You probably have to tracks in the audio and it would be possible to adjust the levels.
cheers and keep up the good work
Oliver

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1. Ian Petchenik says:
  
  2025-04-14 at 05:13
  
  Hi Oliver, thanks for the feedback. Normally we’ll both be in a studio setting and then send the audio off to the editor. This week, circumstances brought us together in the same room, but without the time to involve our normal editing process. We’ll be back to our regular set up next episode. -Ian
  
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SZR says:

2025-04-23 at 21:21

Hi just wondering if you can make the transcript available please?
Many thanks,

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Amit says:

2025-05-09 at 19:17

You guys are a riot, and I do sincerely love your podcasts. You do know how microphones work though, right?

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