Ian Petchenik
@petchmo.bsky.social
Communications @flightradar24.com, co-host AvTalk podcast.
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On this week’s AvTalk podcast: recapping the NTSB’s probable cause meeting on the mid-air collision in Washington last January. UPS retires its MD-11 fleet. And one airline in particular is still digging out from last week’s massive winter storm. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
January 30, 2026 at 3:41 PM
On this week’s AvTalk podcast: recapping the NTSB’s probable cause meeting on the mid-air collision in Washington last January. UPS retires its MD-11 fleet. And one airline in particular is still digging out from last week’s massive winter storm. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
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Homendy asks the $1 million question: how is it that no one at FAA could tell there was a min of 75 ft separation between these two routes?
Here's a handy graphic from @theaircurrent.com on this critical issue:
Here's a handy graphic from @theaircurrent.com on this critical issue:
January 27, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Homendy asks the $1 million question: how is it that no one at FAA could tell there was a min of 75 ft separation between these two routes?
Here's a handy graphic from @theaircurrent.com on this critical issue:
Here's a handy graphic from @theaircurrent.com on this critical issue:
Nice to hear @abfabskylife.bsky.social on NPR this morning talking about safety videos. www.npr.org/2026/01/27/n...
Airlines have been making their safety videos more entertaining, but do they work?
Over the last decade, more airlines have made goofy safety videos to keep passengers' attention. But do they really work?
www.npr.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Nice to hear @abfabskylife.bsky.social on NPR this morning talking about safety videos. www.npr.org/2026/01/27/n...
Put another way, American Airlines will have better headways to ORD tomorrow than the CTA Blue Line.
American adding 3,000 seats on CLT-ORD tomorrow (Saturday) to help battle winter storm madness. The departure times are:
2:25p
2:46p
3:00p
3:40p
3:43p
4:21p
4:36p
5:00p
5:25p
5:48p
6:03p
6:10p
6:20p
7:00p
7:15p
7:30p
8:00p
Wow
2:25p
2:46p
3:00p
3:40p
3:43p
4:21p
4:36p
5:00p
5:25p
5:48p
6:03p
6:10p
6:20p
7:00p
7:15p
7:30p
8:00p
Wow
January 24, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Put another way, American Airlines will have better headways to ORD tomorrow than the CTA Blue Line.
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On this week’s AvTalk podcast: how you can take home your very own 747SP and a large basket of apples. We also discuss the NTSB’s recent update on the UPS MD-11 crash and the rash of NOTAMs from the US on North Pacific airspace.
www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
January 23, 2026 at 3:31 PM
On this week’s AvTalk podcast: how you can take home your very own 747SP and a large basket of apples. We also discuss the NTSB’s recent update on the UPS MD-11 crash and the rash of NOTAMs from the US on North Pacific airspace.
www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
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Updated interim final rule for helicopter ops around DCA just dropped. Would only allow "essential operations" and would restrict 4/22 and 15/33 if vertical ops are in play.
#avgeek
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01226.pdf
#avgeek
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01226.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
January 22, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Updated interim final rule for helicopter ops around DCA just dropped. Would only allow "essential operations" and would restrict 4/22 and 15/33 if vertical ops are in play.
#avgeek
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01226.pdf
#avgeek
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01226.pdf
But how did a bullfrog get all that wine in the first place?
January 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM
But how did a bullfrog get all that wine in the first place?
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On this episode of AvTalk, we run up the final tallies for orders and deliveries from Boeing and Airbus in 2025. Plus, an ultra low-cost acquisition that is either a natural fit or makes no sense—depending on who you ask. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
January 16, 2026 at 3:02 PM
On this episode of AvTalk, we run up the final tallies for orders and deliveries from Boeing and Airbus in 2025. Plus, an ultra low-cost acquisition that is either a natural fit or makes no sense—depending on who you ask. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
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On this week’s AvTalk, how snow in Amsterdam led to a massive operational meltdown leading to thousands of canceled flights and quite a few unintentional airfield tours. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
January 9, 2026 at 3:29 PM
On this week’s AvTalk, how snow in Amsterdam led to a massive operational meltdown leading to thousands of canceled flights and quite a few unintentional airfield tours. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
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Live from Seattle, where Alaska has joined the [big] jet age
January 7, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Live from Seattle, where Alaska has joined the [big] jet age
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This week on our AvTalk podcast, we revisit a pair of our favorite conversations from 2025. Eliska Hill talks about the changing nature of the cargo business. Katherine Moloney is working to increase the percentage of women working in aviation careers. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
January 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
This week on our AvTalk podcast, we revisit a pair of our favorite conversations from 2025. Eliska Hill talks about the changing nature of the cargo business. Katherine Moloney is working to increase the percentage of women working in aviation careers. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
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hello milwaukee and chicago
December 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
hello milwaukee and chicago
One-one-thousand, two-one-thousand, up to 5, depending on the skill of the quarterback. Better quarterback = lower number. 1 Blitz per 4 downs. And as we got older, kick off returns moved to two-hand touch.
Did everyone else have to do a countdown before rushing the quarterback, or yell "BLITZ!" playing backyard football back in the day?
December 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
One-one-thousand, two-one-thousand, up to 5, depending on the skill of the quarterback. Better quarterback = lower number. 1 Blitz per 4 downs. And as we got older, kick off returns moved to two-hand touch.
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On this week’s AvTalk, a pair of incidents involving civilian aircraft altering course to avoid military aircraft without active transponders. And Lufthansa will part with two 747-8Is after getting an offer it couldn't refuse from the US Air Force. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
On this week’s AvTalk, a pair of incidents involving civilian aircraft altering course to avoid military aircraft without active transponders. And Lufthansa will part with two 747-8Is after getting an offer it couldn't refuse from the US Air Force. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
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NEW: Spirit Airlines reached an agreement with creditors to amend the critical 3rd draw from its DIP financing and will receive $50mn on Monday.
$50mn is still subject to the airline presenting creditors with an "acceptable" standalone or merger reorg plan.
More: theaircurrent.com/airlines/spi...
$50mn is still subject to the airline presenting creditors with an "acceptable" standalone or merger reorg plan.
More: theaircurrent.com/airlines/spi...
December 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
NEW: Spirit Airlines reached an agreement with creditors to amend the critical 3rd draw from its DIP financing and will receive $50mn on Monday.
$50mn is still subject to the airline presenting creditors with an "acceptable" standalone or merger reorg plan.
More: theaircurrent.com/airlines/spi...
$50mn is still subject to the airline presenting creditors with an "acceptable" standalone or merger reorg plan.
More: theaircurrent.com/airlines/spi...
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Spirit Airlines’ competitors think it may go bust this weekend theaircurrent.com/airlines/spi... (via @jonostrower.com & @byerussell.com) #staycurrent
Spirit Airlines’ competitors think it may go bust this weekend
At issue is Spirit’s ability to draw $100 million from its financing in bankruptcy by a Dec. 13 deadline
theaircurrent.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Spirit Airlines’ competitors think it may go bust this weekend theaircurrent.com/airlines/spi... (via @jonostrower.com & @byerussell.com) #staycurrent
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This week @petchmo.bsky.social and @airlineflyer.net are back behind the microphones as IndiGo recovers from its meltdown, Boeing completes its re-acquisition of Spirit Aerosystems, and Air India learns it owes $100k in parking fees for a 737 it forgot it owned. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
December 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This week @petchmo.bsky.social and @airlineflyer.net are back behind the microphones as IndiGo recovers from its meltdown, Boeing completes its re-acquisition of Spirit Aerosystems, and Air India learns it owes $100k in parking fees for a 737 it forgot it owned. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
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Stockholm Arlanda, Terminal 5 (opened 1976, expanded 2003 and 2008). 📷 Pål-Nils Nilsson/Swedish National Heritage Board via @europeana.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture
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November 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Stockholm Arlanda, Terminal 5 (opened 1976, expanded 2003 and 2008). 📷 Pål-Nils Nilsson/Swedish National Heritage Board via @europeana.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture
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Planespotting yes. Shipspotting, also yes.
November 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Planespotting yes. Shipspotting, also yes.
Seeing a GE90-115B compressor stall from a few hundred feet away will get your heart going. 60+ knots to 0 in just a few seconds for Emirates. Feel awful for those pax on an already awful night to fly out of ORD.
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Seeing a GE90-115B compressor stall from a few hundred feet away will get your heart going. 60+ knots to 0 in just a few seconds for Emirates. Feel awful for those pax on an already awful night to fly out of ORD.
This evening continuing to prove my belief that any and all work completed in an airline lounge is the best work. Such productivity, many aviations.
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This evening continuing to prove my belief that any and all work completed in an airline lounge is the best work. Such productivity, many aviations.
Why is it not called Daylight Spending Time?
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Why is it not called Daylight Spending Time?
That's called getting Jason’d.
It's comes from what @airlineflyer.net and I call the curse of knowledge.
It's comes from what @airlineflyer.net and I call the curse of knowledge.
There needs to be a word for the feeling of when you switch your original flight to an earlier flight, and then your earlier flight gets delayed, and you end up taking off later than your original flight
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
That's called getting Jason’d.
It's comes from what @airlineflyer.net and I call the curse of knowledge.
It's comes from what @airlineflyer.net and I call the curse of knowledge.