Adding More Bold Opinions
When I created Jetwhine wayyyyy back in 2006, the tagline was pretty simple … “aviation buzz and bold opinion.” Since then, some 650 stories of fact and aviation opinion have appeared on these pages....
View ArticleThe Aviation Minute: Episode 2 – Regional Airline Safety
Thanks to all of you for the great comments about The Aviation Minute‘s first episode. You’ll find episode 2 below, which actually evolved from comments related to the first show about the regional...
View ArticleThe Aviation Minute: Episode 3 – The TSA & Guns
I know the TSA costs us billions every year, but for once, I think people need to appreciate them for the good things those folks do … especially in light of the possibilities that hijackers may have...
View ArticleThe Aviation Minute Continues: Episodes Four & Five
It’s time to get our listeners caught up on The Aviation Minute. Seems that working the kinks out of our new podcast turned out to be a bit more time consuming than I’d at first thought. Now that the...
View ArticleThe Aviation Minute: Episode 6 – ICAO and MH370
The past month has been one of amazement for most of us in the aviation industry as millions of people around the world try and figure out what happened to Malaysian Airlines flight 370. CNN decided to...
View ArticleThe Aviation Minute: Episode 7 – Synthetic Air Traffic Advisories
Pardon our tardiness delivering this week’s episode, but we wanted to wait for our new logo to show up. Many thanks to @runwaygirl’s sister Anne Kirby and The Sweet Core crew for launching us into the...
View ArticleThe Aviation Minute: Episode 8 – TSA PreCheck
I can’t believe I’m going to say something nice about the TSA again. That’s twice in a couple of months. I do think it’s worth mentioning that the TSA has actually created a product with value in their...
View ArticleThe Aviation Minute: Episode 9 – The FAA Shoots Itself in the Foot
When the FAA tells you they’re changing the way they conduct business because they want to be more fair to someone, or that they want to save money, it’s probably time to duck. You can pretty much be...
View ArticleThe Aviation Minute: Child Restraints on Airplanes
When my wife and I were married a long time ago, we promised ourselves that if we ever had kids and wanted to travel on an airplane, we’d just fork over the extra money for a ticket. To us, the risk of...
View ArticleThe Aviation Minute: A Few Memorial Day Thoughts
Memorial Day here in the United States is one of the days we remember all the men and women who served and perished in armed conflicts around the world since our own Civil War in the mid-1800s. The...
View ArticleWhy Drones Really Worry Me as a Pilot
First let’s talk a little reality … Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), or drones as most of us refer to them are coming … and they’re coming soon. That’s not necessarily all bad though. Drones can operate...
View ArticleIs Fresh Evidence About MH370 Another Wild Goose Chase?
Fresh evidence has been uncovered in the disappearance of Malaysian flight 370 (MH370) according to The Telegraph of London. To date, there hasn’t been one single shred of physical evidence that...
View ArticleRethinking Aircraft Accident Stories
I had an opportunity to visit the normally closed-to-the-public NTSB Training Center near Leesburg Virginia a few weeks ago as a guest of director Paul Schuda assisted by Senior Air Safety Investigator...
View ArticleCan This Reduce the Number of GA Accidents?
Click play below to listen to this program If you receive Jetwhine via e-mail, click here to listen to the program. ____________________________ I was working on a couple of a stories related to the...
View ArticleAOPA’s 152 Reimagined
Note to the World’s Best Readers / Listeners – You now have the option to listen to the Aviation Minute podcast or read the text below. If you receive Jetwhine via e-mail, you can click here to listen...
View ArticleAviation Writers I Read
Note to the World’s Best Readers / Listeners – You now have the option to listen to the Aviation Minute podcast or read the text below. If you receive Jetwhine via e-mail, you can click here to listen...
View ArticleDroning on About UAS
Dear Reader / Listeners – You now have the option to listen to The Aviation Minute podcast or read the text below. If you receive Jetwhine via e-mail, you can click here to listen as well. At the risk...
View ArticleDrones in the News
Drones in the News When I was a kid my mom told me she could always tell when I was hiding something … “It shows all over your face,” she’d say. No one, not even me, believes drones this size are a...
View ArticleHow Passengers Helped Mess Up Frequent Flyer Programs
How Passengers Helped Mess Up Frequent Flyer Programs Dear Reader / Listeners – You now have the option to listen to The Aviation Minute podcast or just read the script of the show below. If you...
View ArticleCan Airports Help Revive the Aviation Industry?
Can Airports Help Revive the Aviation Industry? Dear Reader / Listeners – You now have the option to listen to The Aviation Minute podcast or just read the script of the show below. If you receive...
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