Episode 123: Cargo Airline Truck Driving, Agriculture Aviation Major, Lifelong AvGeek

Aired on April 4, 2022

Longtime listener and avgeek friend Ryan joins us to talk about changing lanes in his aviation career. Ryan has been an avgeek his whole life and had dreams of being a pilot or working for the airlines. His road took him to driving trucks for a major cargo airline and loving his quality of life in a “flyover'“ state. Doug starts the transition from the 737 to the 777 and Drew talks about running a busy hub operation this week. We also discuss:

• Fedex and American Airlines have leadership changes

• Elroy Air is developing an unmanned eVTOL aircraft to fly cargo distances of 300 miles

• Listener Poll: Would you rather fly an A350 to Singapore nonstop or an A380 with a stop?

Find ryan at @plainsandplanes on Twitter and Instagram.

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Doug starts his 777 simulator training

Drew talks about running a busy operation as the IATA “Summer” schedule starts