F-16 – Travel Blogs

448 Aerial Firefighting with the Global SuperTanker

April 19, 2017 Episodes, F-15, F-16, Travel, United Airlines

Written by maxflight @ Airplane Geeks Podcast

Aerial firefighting with a Boeing 747-400, airline policies for overbooking and bumping passengers, Mar-a-Lago air restrictions for presidential visits, and F-16 fighter service life. Guests Capt. Tom Parsons, Assistant Chief Supervisor/Pilot and Scott Olson, VP Maintenance for Global SuperTanker Services, LLC. The company was formed in 2015 and acquired a B747-400 to use for aerial […]

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419 Regional Airlines Raise Pilot Pay

September 21, 2016 A380, ADS-B, B787, Episodes, F-16, pilot shortage, Singapore, Travel, TSA

Written by maxflight @ Airplane Geeks Podcast

Pay for regional pilots, prospects for the A380, Auto-GCAS saving F-16 pilot’s lives, travel security, large airports and GA airplanes, a rebate for ADS-B, and flying the Eclipse 550. News American Airlines raises pay for regional pilots American Airlines Group subsidiary Envoy Air announced they are raising their starting pay for new hires 47% to […]

414 F/A-18, F-16, PBY, and P8 from Farnborough International Airshow 2016

August 17, 2016 Atlas Air, B747, Episodes, F-16, F-22, F/A-18, Farnborough, Jetblue, P8, PBY, pilot shortage, Travel

Written by maxflight @ Airplane Geeks Podcast

More interviews from the Farnborough 2016 Airshow. We also discuss the future of widebody airliners, the U.S. Air Force pilot shortage, jetBlue air turbulence, an F-22 grounded by bees, an evacuation at a JFK terminal, a ride with the Geico Skytypers, and does the U.S. needs an airshow like Paris? Farnborough International Airshow 2016 We […]