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SHOW NOTES I. News of the week Virgin into space Flying Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic: Everything You Need to Know | Vanity Fair Space Adventures, Ltd. | Home Human errors in the cockpit Fear in the Cockpit: The Differences Between the Plane Crash in Taipei and the Miracle on the Hudson The growing pains of the South East Asia airline industry Fast-growing Asian aviation confronts safety challenges - US News Japan caps Thai air services amid safety concerns | Bangkok Post: news The elusive MH370 Inhabitants on Maldives island saw low-flying jet on morning MH370 went missing | Daily Mail Online The Germanwings disaster EU Rebukes Germany for Airline Oversight Before Germanwings Crash - WSJ ($) Germanwings co-pilot was treated for suicidal tendencies | World news | The Guardian Lufthansa Finds Germanwings Co-Pilot’s 2009 Email on Depression - WSJ ($) Medical Privacy Rules Let Germanwings Co-Pilot Conceal Illness - Bloomberg Business Germanwings: Could hackers have crashed the doomed passenger plane rather than co-pilot Andreas Lubitz? - Mirror Online Germanwings plane crash video that reveals chaos in moments before disaster is a fake, insist investigators into French Alps tragedy - Europe - World - The Independent Andreas Lubitz told Lufthansa flight school of 'serious depressive episode' | World news | The Guardian Allegiants pilots union disastrous letter APA Teamsters Local 1224 Delta's Flight Attendants Drop Plans to Form Union – Skift The unions don't like Nicole Kidman American flight attendants union tells Nicole Kidman not to endorse Etihad | The Star Telegram The Star Telegram A foamy salute to Virgin Atlantic Inaugural Virgin Atlantic flight cancelled after firefighters spray plane with FOAM not water | Daily Mail Online A shout out to Pieter Johnson and his Aviation Xtended Xtended | Aerospace Radio Pieter Johnson (@Nascothornet) | Twitter II. Innovation news of the week KLM transforms a plane into an AirBnB Airbnb & KLM join forces. Unique spaces now via klm.com Spacious Airplane Apartment in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Airbnb & KLM - The Airplane Apartment - YouTube The sharing economy and travel The Sharing Economy Is On The Brink Of Disrupting Business Travel | TechCrunch The Queen of England Signs Airbnb-Friendly Law for London Rentals – Skift Austrian becomes myAustrian in new livery Austrian Airlines Launches New Livery And New Brand Direction | DesignAir British Airways' frequent flyer system hacked British Airways frequent-flyer accounts hacked | Business | The Guardian Frequent flyer miles stolen from American and United Airlines passengers Priceline buys Rocketmiles Priceline Group CEO confirms Rocketmiles deal Selling airline miles for bitcoins Bitcoin For Miles Turning Airline Miles Into Bitcoin? It's Possible as Alternative Currencies Edge Ahead – Skift Alex tests SouthWest IFE WiFi Access - Southwest Airlines Cathay looks into coffee Cathay Research Best Coffee To Serve Inflight | DesignAir Delta Air Lines Will Now Serve Starbucks Coffee On All Flights – Consumerist High-Flying Coffee: Airline Coffee on Major U.S. Air Carriers Google Street View goes into aircrafts Google Street View Comes to Planes With SAS's Interactive Tours – Skift How to take a good picture through an airplane window Alex Hunter on Twitter: "@danrubin Dan, any tips for how to take smartphone pics f...