Aviation News Episodes

In this weeks episode, we’re globe-trotting and diving deep! This week’s episode is packed with travel tales, listener scenarios, and the latest in aviation headlines. Buckle up—it’s a wild ride across continents and cruising altitudes. ✈️ Captain's Log: Asia Edition Your host is heading off on a massive trip across Asia and shares how curiosity, ambition—and a little fatigue—can make or break your layover adventures. Hear about past escapades including: 🕰️ The infamous fake Rolex deal in Hon...

In this episode of The Black Box Aviation Podcast, we’re hitting turbulence from every angle—literally and figuratively. Broadcasting from a hotel room I paid for myself thanks to a contract that still doesn’t include training accommodations (because we’re "in base" 🙄), I dive into two stories that prove aviation never takes a day off. First, I recap a Delta flight that was hotter than the surface of the sun thanks to a deferred climate control MEL. Add in Alabama Slammers, five lav runs, and...

This week on The BlackBox Aviation Podcast, we’re diving headfirst into the chaos, comedy, and close calls of spring break air travel—aviator style. I share stories from the road (and sky), including the saga of dragging golf clubs through JetBlue's SRQ route, how a sentimental pocket knife survived post-9/11 TSA... until it didn’t, and why TSA always finds my sunscreen but misses the good stuff. Plus, we nerd out at the legendary Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, where volcano warnings double...

In this episode of The Black Box Aviation Podcast, we dive into recent airline incidents, including multiple go-arounds and the near-miss involving a Southwest Airlines flight in Chicago. What causes these tense moments in aviation, and how do pilots handle them? Plus, we answer a listener’s question about the path to becoming a pilot—training, costs, and career expectations. Ever wondered how pilots get to their hotels and what kind of accommodations they expect? We break down the behind-the-sc...

Episode Description: This episode is packed with wild aviation stories and the latest updates from the skies! We jump right into the incident involving Delta flight 4819, a CRJ operated by Endeavor Air, that flipped on landing in Toronto. Plus, we’ve got fresh details from the NTSB about American Airlines flight 5342 (operated by PSA), which collided with a Black Hawk helicopter at DCA. We also talk about the challenges of flying in Alaska, including how the weather may have contributed to th...

In this episode Captain's Mike and Tom start off discussing the nuances of being new to higher levels of social media and podcast broadcast production. The show moves into some quick takes on some real life stories from last week's travels. Then we get into what its like to arrive at the airport, head to the gate, meet the crew, do the pre-flight and get ready to push the flight off the gate. We wrap-up with a discussion about a current even topic regarding a Southwest Airlines pilot who was arr...

In this episode Captain's Mike and Tom take you into the life of the typical airline pilots commute to work. Some by air, land and sea. A typical day isn't very typical. We explore a couple of humouros stories we've withnesed this week and breakdown a current events aviation media story. Please follow us on instagram @the_black_box01 Have questions or comments leave them at theblackbox01@yahoo.com