When will the aviation world really heal from the mess in the Middle East? Plus a CEO is out in India, as are two more airports for Southwest, while bus options expand in Canada.

What a mess for airlines and more as millions of Windows-based computers were knocked offline last Thursday night.

It could’ve been a lot worse, for sure. But now we have some initial details about the Southwest flight that took off from a closed runway two weeks ago.

Why? because it leads to deliciousness later. But that has nothing to do with this week’s conversation. Fortunately, we’re joined by Ed in an effort to keep things on track.

Singapore Airlines is out spending cash like it is 2019 again, so that seems to be good news for other airlines.

Should you subscribe to an airline’s recurring payment offerings? Probably not. But we’re going to talk about it a bit.