Boarding Pass 245: A "Disappointing" Record Breaking Quarter and a New Beginning at Boeing

Send us Fan MailDoug is back from Amsterdam and Drew has a new flight instructor and, phew, he’s great. A listener said that we were ahead of the curve with our discussion about supertugs and then about mentioning “rawdogging” before it became an avgeek household word. Well, we did it again because the new Pan Am is considering branded airline lounges which we suggested last week, AND, the new Boeing CEO will be based in Seattle to focus on making better planes, which we suggested months ago. We also discuss:Boom Supersonic has a facility to build their Symphony engine and just unveiled it virtual flight deckSpirit is laying ofg 240 pilots and some flight attendants as it tries to avoid bankruptcyDoug goes all MBA on airline first quarter results - don’t worry, we make it funA listener asks about becoming an pilot in his 50’s - DO IT!Join the conversation https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/