Seth Miller

No, that’s not really what ETOPS stands for but with the rash of engine issues in the past week we couldn’t help talking about them. Etihad cuts, Air India’s sale plans and American Airlines’ employees have a lot to say to their company. Come listen!

Every now and then you’ll find us together somewhere around the world. This trip ended up in Sofia, Vaduz, Stuttgart and Munich because we suffered from indecision paralysis. Some fun stories along the way, though.

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DLD 178: The Dots & Lines Memorial Episode

February 1, 2018
Tagged as: A350, A350-1000, Air Berlin, bankruptcy, Boeing, Bombardier, business class, CSeries, Los Angeles, Niki, PaxEx, Portugal, Qatar Airways, QSuite, United Airlines, wifi

Naming a stadium costs big bucks. And when the name is poorly phrased that can be all sorts of awkward as United is discovering. Niki gets another new owner, Bombardier won and Qatar faces up to some challenges.

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DLD 177: A super jumbo lifesaver

January 25, 2018
Tagged as: A320, A380, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Carlsbad, Chicago, CLD, Delta Air Lines, Emirates, LaGuardia, LGA, O'Hare, ORD, United Airlines, Virgin America

The A380 gets a new order and Airbus gets some additional action in China. Also, new rules for service animals, new liveries, new routes and new uniforms.

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DLD 176: Slip sliding away off the runway

January 18, 2018
Tagged as: alitalia, American Airlines, An-124, Antonov, AvGeek, Azores Airlines, Lufthansa, PaxEx, SATA, Turkey

An airplane leaving the runway unexpectedly is never a good thing. Fortunately no injuries in this crazy story out of Turkey. Also, Alitalia is still looking for a savior and Azores Airlines now is as well. New uniforms, a giant cargo flight and more!

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DLD 175: Milk runs, feces and the dumpster fire that is JFK

January 11, 2018
Tagged as: AvGeek, El Al, Hawaiian Airlines, HNL, Honolulu, JFK, LGB, Long Beach, PaxEx, United Airlines

We tried to keep this episode relatively clean. I’m not sure it worked. With a guy smearing poop all over a plane and JFK’s blizzard meltdown there were plenty of nasty moments to review in this week’s show.

Welcome to 2018, where hotel loyalty programs are updating their rules and one is starting over completely. A late 2017 bankruptcy is finally getting resolved and new seats are coming (yes, slimlines) to a major European airline. And somehow we’re still relatively optimistic about the whole thing.

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DLD 173: Where not to stay in Singapore

December 28, 2017
Tagged as: business class, hotels, Polaris, singapore, Trip Report, United, United Airlines

Jetlagged and in a crazy hotel room is not quite the ideal trip Fozz and Stephan were hoping for on this Singapore trip but things don’t always work out the way you plan.

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DLD 172: Ready. ATL. FIRE!

December 21, 2017
Tagged as: A310, ATL, Atlanta, business class, Delta, Delta Air Lines, Eurowings, flat beds, France, GRU, LAS, Las Vegas, LATAM, LCC, Norwegian, PaxEx, podcast, Sao Paulo, SATA, United, United Airlines

Fire in Atlanta, new flights to Tahiti and a hundred new A321s for Delta. Plus LCC flat beds and A310s disappearing. C’mon in for a(nother) fun episode!

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DLD 171: They finally made it to Taiwan

December 14, 2017
Tagged as: business class, China, PaxEx, podcast, Polaris, Taipei, Taiwan, Trip Report, United, United Airlines

After an aborted effort a few weeks back hosts Stephan and Fozz finally made it to Taiwan. These are their jetlag-influenced ramblings.

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DLD 180: Engines Turn Or Podcast Speaks

DLD 179: When we couldn’t figure out where to go