Boarding Pass 202: Planes, Planes, and More Planes

Send us a text Doug is back from Frankfurt, and Drew is rounding everyone up to create Winter ops checklists as temps start dropping. Breaking news is a cargo 757 doing a belly landing in Chattanooga, Tennessee after a possible hydraulic issue. We discuss landing gear situations as well as a planeload of other topics: SAS moves from the STAR Alliance to SkyTeam with Air France/KLM buying a stake Jetblue flight attendants get a raise and back the merger with Spirit United buys another 110 aircraft including 50 787s and 60 A321NEOs Drew has a weight restricted flight from DC to Tokyo - how does ops handle that? We explain why we think American Airilnes is suing to keep its Northeast Alliance with JetBlue Join the discussion! https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/ https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/