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Bryan Air — 287 episodes

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#285 No Flypast At FNB: Airlink Pulls Out, SAA 'For Sale' Again and FlySafair's Big Win

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I Watched The Airlink Flypast Like Everyone Else. Here's What I Saw.

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#283 The Charter Comeback: Beech 1900s, Bush Strips and a Better Life

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#282 Etihad Wants South African Pilots. Should You Go?

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#281 OR Tambo Delays, Gulf Travel Risk and Studio Talk

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#280 A Pilot Explains: Why South Africa's Flights Keep Getting Delayed (And Why That Keeps You Safe)

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#279 Your Pilot Explains: Is It Safe To Fly Through Dubai?

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We Tested SARS's New Travel Declaration | Plus: Your Face Is Your New Passport

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New SARS Travel Rule Hits Every South African Traveler | Plus Emirates Is Hiring SA Pilots

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Do World Cup Players Fly Private? Not Even Close

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No Strikes Allowed? SAA's Bid to Make Pilots Essential Could Hit Every SA Airline

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Barrel or Window? South African Pilots Wait as the Middle East Recovery Drags

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South Africa Is About To Lose Another Wave Of Pilots: The Middle East Is Hiring Again

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50-Knot Gusts Shut Cape Town: The Diversion Chaos, FlySafair's OTP Edge, and Singapore's $2.4B Win

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The Fuel Shock Reshaping Aviation: IATA Numbers, Spirit's Collapse, India's Crisis

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I Asked Willie Walsh If Pilots Will Still Have Jobs | IATA WDS Highlights

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SAA Going Concern Warning | Lufthansa Cuts 20,000 Flights | Pilot Mental Health Bill

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IATA's Chief Economist on Why SAF Investment Is Stuck and What Fixes It

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3 Days, 1 Conference, Every Question Answered from Singapore | IATA WDS 2026 Live Episode

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Kim Macaulay on Why Data Must Lead AI in Aviation (IATA World Data Symposium)

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Willie Walsh: From Cadet Pilot to Running the World's Airlines | IATA WDS 2026

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Why Experienced Pilots Are Walking Away From the Flight Deck | Al Macaulay

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Singapore WDS 2026: The AI Conversation Pilots Need to Hear

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Ops Not Normal | Jet Fuel Doubles, Dubai Burns, and Airlines Keep Flying

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Aviation's Broken Cycle: Why Nothing Ever Changes

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21,300 Flights Canceled — The Middle East Crisis Exposing Aviation's Biggest Weakness

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He Couldn't Afford to Come Home: The Pilot Career Trap Nobody Talks About (+ 2026 Hiring Breakdown)

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FlySafair Isn't SAA 3.0 — Why the Harith Deal Could Be a Massive Win for Everyone

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South Africa's Fastest-Growing Airline Just Got a State-Linked Buyer — Here's What It Means

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We Asked Pilots If They'd Choose Aviation Again - The Answers Were Brutal

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The Flight Deck Is Just The Beginning: Career Strategy for Pilots | Plus Southwest Kills 55 Years of Open Seating

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Pilot Hiring Heats Up, EU Saves Your Delay Rights, and United's Historic Aircraft Order

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Why We're Picking Boeing: A320 "Solar" Glitches, Toxic Fumes & The $70M MH370 Bet

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#252 Are PILOTS in Short Supply Because of This ONE Thing?

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#251 The $38 Billion Emirates Order: What It Means For YOUR Pilot Career Progression

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#250 SA Aviation on the Brink: 12-Year Engine Rule Chaos & Global MD-11 Shutdowns

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Alien Mothership Panic, AI Deepfakes & Major Aviation Shake-Ups | Bryan Air Podcast

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Airlink's New Embraer E195-E2 Lands in SA: Why This Jet Fits Africa

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Investigating Durban Airshow Crash What REALLY Happened

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#245 Assassination Shock, Pilot Scandals & Boeing's Latest Crisis

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Should Pilots Fly Past 65? IATA's Retirement Age Push Explained

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Mango Airlines is Dead | Why Airline Startups Keep Failing

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Durban's Comeback, Airshow Tragedy & FAA Evacuation Reality Check

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Inside the Flight Deck: Command, Leadership & What No One Teaches You with Laurie Graham

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Middle East Gold Rush: Why Pilots Are Flocking to the Desert Skies

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South African Aviation: Pilot Strikes, Pay Wars & a Failing Flag Carrier — What Comes Next?

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Aviation Crisis Explained: Aircraft Grounded, Single Pilot Ops Cancelled & The Captain Exodus Begins

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South African Aviation in Crisis? Inside the 12-Year Engine Rule Fight

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Navigating Aviation Chaos: War Zones, Diversions & GNSS Jamming

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Celebrating 15,000 Subscribers: What Aviation Training (and Life) Can Teach Us

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STOP Ignoring the Warning Signs of Pilot Burnout and Depression

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Aircraft Shortages, Pilot Gaps, and Profit Surges: Inside IATA's 2025 Aviation Forecast

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The Rise of the Machines: Drones, AI and the Battle for Airspace with Kim James

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Riyadh Air Takes on Emirates in PILOT RECRUITMENT WAR

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#230 Revolutionizing Aviation Recruitment with Mauritz Faber – How Avixoo Is Changing the Game

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#229 TRANSFORM YOUR AVIATION EXPERTISE INTO DIGITAL SYSTEMS THAT WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP

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#228 AIRPORT MELTDOWN Power Blackout Hits Europe | Delta's SHOCKING Tariff DODGE

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#227 Bearded Pilots & $3000 Bribes | Wild Aviation Tales!

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Beyond the Big Jets: Jonathan Fickling on Life After Airlines & The Thrills of Stick and Rudder

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#BAP Live | Tariffs on Takeoff: How Global Trade Wars Hit the Flight Deck

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#224 How Pilots Handle Pressure: Boosting Your Team's Productivity with Mauritz Coetzer

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Flightline Secrets: Jared Le Roux's Game-Changing Pilot Logbook

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BAP LIVE | Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet and Watch and Passport!

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#221 ATNS CEO Suspended

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#220 The South African DFE Dilemma With Johan Lottering

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#219 South Africa Pilot Exodus In 2025

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#218 A Week of Aviation Updates, Tech Innovations, and Security Threats

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#217 Wings Over A Wounded Land: South Africa's Skies and Struggles

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#216 Breaking The Sound Barrier In Silence: The Future Of Supersonic Travel

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#215 SA Weather Service Cyber Attack | South African Aviation Updates

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#214 CRJ 700 Potomac Crash Tragedy, Airline Bonuses & The Supersonic Breakthrough

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#213 OR Tambo Jet Fuel Crisis: Major Flight Disruptions

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#212 FlySafair: Best OTP But Trouble Brewing?

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#211 SAA Strike: Pilots Push for Change

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Shoot The Breeze | Season Finale

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#209 FAA Halts Haiti Flights | Plane Hit By Gunfire

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#208 FlySafair's Operating License at Risk - Ownership Breach Threatens Flights!

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#205 FlySafair Turn 10 - What's Next For This Aviation Giant?

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#204 Emirates Announces 4th Daily Flight to Johannesburg: Massive Boost for African Travel!

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#203 Boeing Shocker: Massive Strike and Furloughs Ahead

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Cathay Pacific's A350 Engine Crisis: Grounded Fleet

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#200 South African Aviation History With Keith Roseveare

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#199 South African Aviation Crisis: Zondo Commision, SAA And An Airlink Data Breach

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#198 South Africa's Aviation Crisis: ATNS Struggles and Cape Town's Power Outage

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#197 Farnborough Highlights, Qatar's Luxury Reveal, and Global Aviation Shifts

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#196 Global Cyber Outage Flights Cancelled, Farnborough Innovations and FlyDubai Hiring

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#195 Aviation Safety Uncovered: What Every Passenger Needs to Know

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#194 Etihad Expansion & Global Pilot Recruitment Drive

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#193 Korean Air's Pressurization Plunge & Boeing's Delivery Delays Halt Hiring

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#192 Turbulence in Washington: Boeing Faces Senate Inquiry

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#191 Emirates 1.8M$ Fine and Massive Cabin Retrofit

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#190 Cathay Pacific's Grand Comeback, BA's 9-Hour Mystery Flight, and Microsoft Flight Sim 2024 Unveiled!

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#189 Aviation News: Zero-Emission Battery Tech, and Major Airbus Orders

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#188 Pilot Club Revolution, Bomb Threats Surge, and Emirates' African Dominance

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#187 Air France's Cadet Revolution, GNSS Jamming Drills, and Amazon's Drone Leap

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#186 Aviation News: Hidden Fees, Explosive Smuggling And Safety Scandals Unveiled

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#185 Breaking Aviation News: Emergency Landings, Turbulence, and Inflight Innovations

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#184 Turbulent Times: Singapore Airlines Incident

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#183 Aviation News Breakdown: What It Means For You

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#182 Exclusive Updates on Aviation Recruitment and Pilot Feedback

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#181 Emirates Lowers Its Pilot Entry Requirements

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#180 Chaos In Dubai: Flights Cancelled

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#179 FAA Commences Boeing Whistleblower Investigation

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#178 Unpaid Leave For United Pilots

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#177 Aviation News | Boeing C-Suite Shake Up

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#176 Well Done Cemair Crew and SAA Deal Falls Flat

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#175 Boeing's Liquid Dawn and A Tired Dad

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#174 The Most On Time Airline In The World and Another Boeing 737 Max Problem

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#173 Shocking Details of PK 8303 Crash - Accident Report Analysis

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#172 Pilot Employment Cuts and Boeing Approval On Ice

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#171 Aviation News - Qatar Selfies And Dodgy Runway Calculations

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#170 Singapore Airshow News

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#169 Aviation News - EVTOL In Dubai and Qantas Link Strike

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#168 Discover the Future of Air Travel: Airbus' New Single Aisle Aircraft

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#167 Mango Airlines and Aussie Strike Action | BAP Aviation News

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#166 Boeing 737 Max Certification Crisis and Stock Crash | Aviation News

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The Springbok Of The Octagon - Thank You DDP

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#164 Unlocking Success: Preparation Before Opportunity With David Osadebey

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#163 A Bad Week For Aviation Safety - Aviation News Highlights

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#162 Discover the Future of Pilot & Cabin Crew Employment: Leverage Your Experience

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#161 Cathay Drops Captain Requirements | Aviation News

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#160 No Quick Fix For The Boeing 737 Max - BAP Briefing

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#159 Aviation News | Japan Airlines, Cathay Pacific Pilot Shortages and Another Pilot Fired For Safety

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Season 6 Trailer - The Aviation Podcast

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#158 More Loose Bolts On Boeing 737 Max Jets - Shares Plummet

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#157 Christmas Special With Caroline Koll

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#156 Cemair Goes Red | Season 5 Finalé

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#154 Aviation Industry Under Stress and a Barbie On The Apron

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#153 Aviation News, Celebrity Jets And Some Local Airlink Class

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#152 Jumpseat Madness and Boeing's Commercial Market Outlook

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#151 Back In Black

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#150 Embraer E-Jets For Africa and Canadian Job Opportunities For Pilots

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#149 A320 Neo Groundings, P&W Engine Trouble and a Ryanair Creampie

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#148 Riyadh Air Recruitment, Dopey Pilots and Giving Your Best

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#3 Shoot The Breeze | It's a Boy

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#146 Mental Health, Blended Wings And A Rough Landing

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#145 Cathay Pacific: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

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#144 No Brakes On Pilot Fatigue

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#143 Russian Aircraft Insurance Claims & Korean Beers

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Mid Year Break

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#142 Another Monumental Cluster

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#141 The MPL vs The 1500 Hour Rule

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#140 More Major Aircraft Orders

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Shoot The Breeze #2

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#138 Aussie Aviation Tailwinds, Strategies And Opportunities

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#137 Be Like Mike

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#136 Pilots, Perks & Today's Aviation Buzz

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#135 Revenge Of The Birds And The Importance Of Maintaining Pilot Training Standards

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#134 Revolution in the Skies: Unveiling the Truth About Single-Pilot and Autonomous Flight

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#133 There's A New Sheriff In Town | Riyadh Air

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#132 So Called Aviation Experts And Preparing For Your Simulator Check Ride

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#131 Where Have All The Approaches Gone? | Its One Big Roadshow

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#130 Chinese Tourists, Pilot Salaries And Another Dodgy Max

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#129 Weekly Aviation Roundup

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#128 SAA Roadshow, Delta Pilot Pay Raises And You'll Never Walk Alone

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#127 How Pilots Make Complex Decisions | Thinking Fast And Thinking Slow

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#126 Aviation Safety Concerns | Pilot Fatigue?

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#125 New Aviation Tech And MEL Procedures

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#124 Bridging The Airline Knowledge Gap | Using The QRH

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Season Five Trailer | Bryan Air Podcast

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Bonus Episode: Andrew Evans On Flying The Boeing 747

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#123 The Legendary Boeing 747 | Qantas Air Turn-backs

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#122 Kenya Airways Excuses | Boeing V Airbus

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#121 Maxed Out | Ethiopian 737 Max Accident Investigation Report

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Season 4 Finalé

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#119 Broken Towbars

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#118 OEM's And Unserviceable Toilets

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FlightLine Pro | Bonus

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#117 Cargo Giants And An Affordable Pilot Logbook

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#116 International Travel Options And More Virgin Pronouns

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#115 Cemair Expansion And The SARS Travel Pass!

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#114 Skirts On A Plane

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#113 FedEx Parks Some Planes And Big Paydays For Pilots

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Announcement | This Was Not Our Week!

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#112 Aviation News, Trends And Grass Cutting Tenders

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#111 Flying Tired | Captain's Discretion

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#110 Honouring The Aviators | In Conversation With Ron Kaplan

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#109 Gap Years And Podcasting | Shoot The Breeze!

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#108 Never Give Up | Weekly Aviation And Travel Roundup

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#107 Aviation Talent Shortage | Arpad Szakal

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#106 Comac, Qatar And Cathay | Weekly Aviation And Travel Roundup

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#105 Track Your Luggage | European Airport Chaos

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#104 Emirates vs Heathrow, Baggage Repatriations And Sold Out Local Carriers!

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#103 On Time Performance | It's All About The Team

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#102 Full Service vs Low Cost Airlines | Airlink Review

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#101 Lift And FlySafair Race To Fill The Comair Void | Aviation And Travel News Roundup

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#100 Bryan Air Episodes

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#99 Talk To Me, Goose

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#98 Connecting With Aviators | Khotso Marumo

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#97 Airline Startups And A Handheld GPS

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#96 EASA Exams Worldwide | Easy-Pilot

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#95 Shoot The Breeze

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#94 Dodgy Adverts And A New CEO

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#93 Where Have All The Pilots Gone? | Fly Dubai

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#92 Connecting With Aviators | Cameron Easton

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#91 Learjets, Tupolevs And Captain Alpha

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#90 AviaDev Returns To Cape Town

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#89 Comair Grounding - Fair Or Unfair?

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#88 David le Roux | Aviation Communities

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#87 Flying Is A Privilege | Captain Tommie

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#86 African Aviation Special

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#85 Flying Eyes

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#84 The Flying Sox

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#83 Emirates Pilots Return To The UAE

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#82 5G And Pilot NFT's

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#81 In Loving Memory Of Brett Parrock | Season Finalé

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#80 In The Studio With Jason Northwood

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#79 Hong Quarantine

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#78 The Flying Sox With Keegan Glanfield

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#77 Live | Virtual Reality And The Metaverse

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#76 Are Pilot Shortages Real Or Clickbait?

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#75 Flying Eyes With Lehan Viljoen | Business Models, Flying With The Right Shades And Aviation For The Next Generation

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#74 Travel For The Soul

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#73 In Studio With Jared Le Roux

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#72 In The Studio With Tommie Rautenbach

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#71 Always Be Learning

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#70 Progress Flight Academy Turns 40

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#69 In Conversation With Byron Edgington

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#68 Deadheading In Economy

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#67 Chaos In Kabul

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#66 In Conversation With Gavin Hill

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#65 Mango Airlines Spotlight

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#64 In Conversation With John Kearney

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#63 We Are Back

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#62 Boeing & Airbus vs Comac

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#61 Connecting With Aviators | Jonathan Collins

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#60 SAA Deal | Good Or Bad?

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#59 Connecting With Aviators | Ben Hall

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#58 Supersonic vs XLR!

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#57 In Conversation With Jason Northwood!

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#56 Aviation Roundup!

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#55 Back In The Studio!

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#54 Indian Aviation Spotlight!

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#53 Cemair Resilience!

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#52 The Cargo Giants

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#51 Striking Drones And Mango Woes!

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#50 Dedicated To The Fighters!

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#49 Growing The Channel!

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#48 South African Travel | The Era Of The Airbus 321LR

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#47 Unruly Passengers | SAA Pilot Association Strike

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#46 SAA Under Investigation!

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#45 In Conversation With Alex MacPhail | The Permission To Thrive

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#44 World's Biggest Airlines | A Year Without Flying

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#43 Aviation Safety Is A Non-Negotiable!

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#42 SAA Fly Again | Travelling During the Pandemic

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#41 Let's Climb!

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#40 Network Effects!

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#39 Indian Aviation Special

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#38 Smaller Narrower Greener // Small Planes For Long Haul

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Rusty Pilots!

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Health Passports & Anti-Vaxxers!

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Develop Inspire Grow!

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Vaccine = Freighter ÷ Pilot Shortage

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Phat Cakes!

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New Studio Lift Off!

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Interline Agreements!

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The SA Air Charter Market!

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Queen Of The Skies!

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Cheers To The A380!

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Flights To Nowhere!

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Contact Gaberone on 127.1

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Throw Some Wood On The Fire!

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Changing Lanes!

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Arpad Szakal

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Fight Or Flight!

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Yeager Buffett And Rogan!

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No ILS Available!

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The Journey!

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Attitude Positive - Covid Negative!

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You Get IMF We Get UIF

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B.A.N.C.C.C

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Just Wing It!

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Eye Of The Tiger!

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You'll Never Walk Alone!

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Martin Stork

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Pilot In Command!

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Hospitality Hits Back Hard!

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Elon's Positivity Pandemic

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Aviation Performs Its Pre-Flight Checks

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The aviation recovery

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Bryan Roseveare

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Mark Dutton

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Bryan Air is Back

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Andre Du Plessis

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#2 - Keith Roseveare

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