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On this week’s episode of AvTalk, a pair of incidents involving civilian aircraft and military aircraft without active transponders operating in Curaçao’s airspace sounds a bit too familiar. We discuss the events from the last week and the state of airspace in the southern Caribbean.
NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy had choice words for Congress after legislation weakening airspace protections put in place in the wake of January’s crash in Washington DC passed as part of the NDAA. But the Senate has now passed the ROTOR Act, which seeks to further strengthen those protections. We discuss what this might mean for aircraft operators in the US over the next few years.
Elsewhere, Spirit Airlines is still operating and a merger with Frontier is back on the table… again. A sun visor detached on a Malta Air 737 leading to an engine shutdown. And Lufthansa received an offer from the US Air Force it couldn’t refuse and will now say goodbye to a pair of 747-8Is in 2026.
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Could you check out this story:
https://www.travelandleisure.com/air-new-zealand-lie-flat-in-economy-seats-skycouch-11870355
How do sky couches work? It seems like you would have to buy 3 seats, but they say it only costs a few hundred dollars over the cost of your economy ticket. How many sky couches are available? It seems like you could only get one if the flight is nearly empty, and in that situation, I have historically taken over three seats for free. Will Air New Zealand now force you to stay in your seat if you have not purchased a “sky couch?” Thanks