Episode 402 - Cognitive Penguins

Join, Carlos, Matt, Nev and Armando for this week's programme.

In this week's show one low cost airline gets its sizes wrong, Delta gets classy in first class & one passenger gets to sit on the flight deck "In flight"

In the military we have a couple emergency landings in the USAF, we watch an RAF Chinook deliver a large radar on top of Gibraltar, and we think the SU-57 may have been deployed on its first combat deployment in Ukraine.

Here are the links to the stories we featured this week :

COMMERCIAL

Flybe 2.0 starts cabin crew recruitment ahead of possible May launch
https://ukaviation.news/flybe-2-0-starts-cabin-crew-recruitment-ahead-of-possible-may-launch/
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=RJHCReQoDESEAK0E81gCvb5248MyoaRJmDT8P3051eZUNFdRMlBNMlU3SDBCSkNVOVIxUkszVU1WOSQlQCN0PWcu
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?f_C=23151%2C2730623&geoId=92000000&keywords=flybe&location=Worldwide&position=1&pageNum=0

Ryanair International Women’s Day posts slammed as campaigners point out 68% gender pay gap
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/travel/ryanair-international-women-s-day-posts-slammed-as-campaigners-point-out-68-gender-pay-gap/ar-AAULW9B?li=AAJsPCA
https://twitter.com/PayGapApp/status/1500891839355838485?s=20&t=W6emO1y18bskMe5MSlQvcg
https://gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk/Employer/rrAcOspy/2020
https://investor.ryanair.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Ryanair-Gender-Pay-Gap-Report-2020.pdf

Stansted Airport to open 'Instagrammable' cafe in huge £12 million Departure Lounge makeover
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/jet2-tui-easyjet-ryanair-ba-6769798

Airline offers up to $187K in bonuses over five years for pilots as it opens new crew base
https://www.pennlive.com/life/2022/03/airline-offers-up-to-187k-in-bonuses-over-five-years-for-pilots-as-it-opens-new-crew-base.html

Police recruiting fixed-wing pilots for air support roles
https://ukaviation.news/police-recruiting-fixed-wing-pilots-for-air-support-roles/
https://westyorkshirepolice.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-3/brand-3/xf-4227bdba33a0/candidate/so/pm/6/pl/1/opp/3272-XP220-Line-Pilot-Fixed-Wing-External/en-GB

Easyjet criticised for using incorrect bag sizers in French airports
https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/Easyjet-criticised-for-using-incorrect-bag-sizers-in-French-airports

Delta’s snazzy new first-class recliners that are raising the bar
https://thepointsguy.com/news/delta-air-lines-new-first-class-seat-tour/?fbclid=IwAR2nGlelfId-P9dApsSzQwCKyDS5lLUvka9WXHDcNnG-JH7yF0re7NO2T24

SkyWest battles pilot shortage by shifting dozens of nonstop flights into 1-stop
https://thepointsguy.com/news/skywest-eas-consolidation/#:~:text=TPG%20App-,SkyWest%20battles%20pilot%20shortage%20by%20shifting,nonstop%20flights%20into%201%2Dstops&text=The%20nation's%20largest%20operator%20of,because%20of%20the%20pilot%20shortage

UK Starts impounding Russian aircraft
https://ukaviation.news/uk-starts-impounding-russian-aircraft/
https://www.airguide.info/boeing-suspends-russian-titanium-from-russia-as-airbus-keeps-buying/

Report: Pilot fought to save helicopter before deadly crash
https://apnews.com/article/transportation-national-transportation-safety-board-31da6055111fb3256a3448b3e5ba58ab

Woman Gets To Sit In Cockpit With Pilots After Finding Out She's The Only Passenger On The Flight
https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/jugaad/only-passenger-in-flight-gets-to-sit-in-cockpit-564062.html

MILITARY

Two F-15 jets from RAF Lakenheath make emergency landings
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-60646877
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=691740461852658

RAF Chinook Helicopter Airlifts Massive New Radar Onto The Top Of Gibraltar Rock
https://theaviationist.com/2022/03/07/raf-chinook-load-lift/

1st Combat Deployment! Russian Su-57 Stealth Fighter Jets Spotted Over Northern Ukraine Before Crucial Peace Talks
https://eurasiantimes.com/1st-combat-deployment-russian-su-57-stealth-fighter-jets-spotted-over-northern-ukraine-before-crucial-peace-talks/

RAF F-35B Lightnings Have Started Patrolling NATO Airspace Over Poland and Romania
https://theaviationist.com/2022/03/06/raf-f-35b-lightnings-nato-patrols/