WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:06.839 Channel nine first one and wetherforecas it's going to be 2 00:00:06.879 --> 00:00:11.160 a sunny day to day like the more humid eighty 3 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:13.119 eight for the high overnight low sixty six with a 4 00:00:13.119 --> 00:00:16.679 few clowns, plenty of sun today. Humidity not a big deal. 5 00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:20.559 That's Chaneline speaking. Don't hold me a cattle if it's not. 6 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:23.879 It's ninety one for it tomorrow overnight low of sixty eight, 7 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:26.679 but around fireworks time it does coverage of the a 8 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:30.679 comfortable eighty degrees and there will be clear skies eight 9 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:35.079 well ninety four. That's hot on Saturday with humidity climbing 10 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:39.159 sunny skies. It's seventy two down time for a Traffic 11 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:40.679 updates from. 12 00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:41.840 The UC House Triumphant Center. 13 00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:45.280 The University of Cincinnati Cancer Center has the most comprehensive 14 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:48.759 blood cancer center in the nation. The future of cancer 15 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:51.479 care is here called five one, three, five eighty five. 16 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:55.000 You seen see see rex clear northbound seventy one at 17 00:00:55.039 --> 00:00:57.880 five for traffic looks good out of ken Wood southbound 18 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:01.719 seventy five slows through Wachland. There's an accident on Williams 19 00:01:01.880 --> 00:01:05.439 Over seventy one and outside of Milford on one thirty 20 00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:08.879 one near dry Run Chuck Ingram on fifty five KARC 21 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:09.840 DE talk station. 22 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:15.439 Hey thirty one off Thursday Friday Eve, Independence Day Eve, 23 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:16.760 call it what you want. It's that time of the 24 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:19.640 week we get to talk to iHeartMedia, aviactiondent for Jay 25 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:21.200 or Ratlift Day. 26 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:21.680 Welcome back. 27 00:01:21.719 --> 00:01:24.200 My friend got some good, big plans for the special 28 00:01:24.239 --> 00:01:24.799 weekend here. 29 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:28.799 We're in Savannah, so probably sit on our porch and 30 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:31.760 watch some fireworks over the water. Somewhere somebody will be 31 00:01:31.760 --> 00:01:34.480 shooting them off. So we'll enjoy the neighbors when they 32 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:35.400 have some fun. 33 00:01:35.519 --> 00:01:38.079 That's great. Good to have a relaxing weekend ahead you 34 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:41.480 and over to the various topics. We've got some interesting 35 00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:44.879 ones to dive on in today. Not a good change 36 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:46.719 is how you describe it. What's going on over at 37 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:48.560 Southwest Airlines? Jay? 38 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:52.159 You know you and I've talked about how airlines like Delta, 39 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:55.120 American United, they have all changed their freaking flyer programs, 40 00:01:55.159 --> 00:01:56.439 making it harder. 41 00:01:56.519 --> 00:02:00.239 To earn your frequent flyer you know perks. 42 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:04.519 Well, now Southwest is considering doing something with their Companion Pass. Now, 43 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:07.680 the Companion Pass is great for their frequent flyers. They 44 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:11.840 get the pass and the Companion if they pay full ticket, 45 00:02:11.919 --> 00:02:14.439 the companion goes for free other than paying the taxes. 46 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:18.039 Even if you use a Frequent Flyer Award ticket, you 47 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:21.159 can still get a companion pass. So it's an incredible 48 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:24.439 perk for the loyalty program that Southwest has built for 49 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:27.520 all their customers over all these years. Well, they're thinking 50 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:31.479 about redoing that where only the top tier people of 51 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:35.159 the frequent flyer program would qualify for the companion pass 52 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:40.240 and other people would not. So it's once again the 53 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:42.439 idea that you know it used to be, like with 54 00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:45.840 Delta American United. Part of their change is if you 55 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:48.360 could only fly first our coach, because that's all your 56 00:02:48.360 --> 00:02:51.120 company paid for, and but you got a gazillion miles, 57 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:54.360 You've got a great status with the airline. You were 58 00:02:54.400 --> 00:02:56.319 in coach, and you know if they get an empty 59 00:02:56.360 --> 00:02:58.599 spot in first class, upgrade me for free, and you know, 60 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:00.280 I get to sit up there from time to I'm 61 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:00.759 in it. 62 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:01.840 It helps when I'm on the road. 63 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:05.080 Fifty year well, now airlines have changed that saying if 64 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:06.439 you want to sit in first class, you have to. 65 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:06.919 Pay for it. 66 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:09.360 So you've got these frequent flyers with all these miles, 67 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:11.960 all these decades of loyalty that are on their way 68 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:13.960 back to coach. The door shuts and they see like 69 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:16.759 five empty seats in first class, Like, wait, what's going on? 70 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:18.840 And these airlines are saying you have to pay for 71 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:21.639 it or use miles to sit up there. In other words, 72 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:23.560 you have to pay for it, you know, Oh, you 73 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:25.199 enjoy your loyalty program. 74 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:26.960 How Southwest, you're. 75 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:30.240 Not saying you can't use miles to buy an upgrade. 76 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:32.360 They still offer that, correct, they do. 77 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:33.919 But you've got to burn it. Okay. 78 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:35.479 It used to be just if they had it, they 79 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:37.639 would sit you up there because it's an empty seat, 80 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:39.759 Come on up, we want somebody sitting in there, right, 81 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:43.360 But now they're not doing it, so Brian, what's happening 82 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:45.840 is the arrogance of these airlines have gotten to the 83 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:49.800 point where they know they're they're they're they're spitting in 84 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:52.240 the face of their customers that have been loyal through 85 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:57.319 thick and thin, and they don't care. And Southwest is 86 00:03:57.439 --> 00:04:00.439 looking at changing their companion pass program. I certain hope 87 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:04.400 they don't. But if they're going to continue this pivot, 88 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:07.840 this transition from Southwest of old to let's be like 89 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:10.840 everybody else, they're seeing what other airlines are doing, and 90 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:12.919 they're thinking, yeah, I mean, it would be a way 91 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:15.280 to kind of boost our bottom line, and obviously that's 92 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:18.199 the main thing that we're after, and that's what we're 93 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:21.199 gonna do. And it's it's really sad and it's just frustrating. 94 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:24.639 Well, obviously, you know, they can get away with this 95 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:28.319 because if everybody's the same as this homogeneous, everybody offers 96 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:30.600 as little or as much as the other guy, you 97 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:35.519 can't better your situation by becoming a loyal Southwest Airlines 98 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:37.720 customer as opposed to an American or United or whatever 99 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:40.519 else is out there. People are probably not going to 100 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:42.759 change their decision about what they're gonna who they're gonna 101 00:04:42.759 --> 00:04:44.680 fly with based on these changes. 102 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:47.279 And the same thing with the check bag feet you. 103 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:50.000 Know, yeah, ye it change throws it in there and 104 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:52.160 people are like, go, well, where you're gonna go because 105 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:52.959 everybody else is. 106 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:54.040 Doing the exact same thing. 107 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:57.360 So it's just a departure from what Southwest used to do. 108 00:04:57.480 --> 00:04:59.519 And anytime you have that, you're gonna people that are 109 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:02.000 going to nobody's gonna love it, but they're going to 110 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:04.439 hate it to varying degrees. And someone say I'll never 111 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:06.639 fly them again. But you know, some of those changes 112 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:08.639 in the past they've made, it pushed people to other 113 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:13.120 airlines Delta and United. When they you know, started preventing 114 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:16.160 people from sitting in first class and joining those benefits, 115 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:19.199 it pushed them to other carriers. And it's just the 116 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:22.720 bottom line is, you know, you can earn a gazillion miles, 117 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:24.639 but you're really going to have to work your butt off. 118 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:26.959 To use them, and you're going to be paying. 119 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:29.360 More for the seat when you do use it. And 120 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:32.600 it's just as long as we keep filling up the airplanes. 121 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:35.120 As we've said so many times before, Brian airlines have 122 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:36.800 no incentive to treat us any. 123 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:37.399 Better than what they do. 124 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:41.120 Fair Enough, we'll continue with iHeartMedia Aviation Expert Jay Ratlift 125 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:45.519 coming up FBI warning about additional cyber strikes against airlines 126 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:47.920 that among other topics with Jay will be right. 127 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:52.720 Back fifty fives KARC the talk station would a thirty 128 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:58.560 nine think about KRCD talk station Jay Ratlift, iHeartMedia Aviation 129 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:01.920 Expert high demand considering our heart met he has like 130 00:06:01.920 --> 00:06:04.399 seven hundred and fifty stations, but we get him every 131 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:06.879 Thursday for a few segments and I dearly enjoy our 132 00:06:06.920 --> 00:06:07.519 time together. 133 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:10.279 Jay always makes me feel better closing out the morning 134 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:14.279 show on something that doesn't really truly involve like terrible politics, 135 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:18.439 global war, famine, pestilence, but this one's got me a 136 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:21.879 little alarmed. FBI warning about cyber strikes against airlines. M. 137 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:24.360 Yeah, it's been happening. 138 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:27.560 In fact, multiple airlines have reported these cyber attacks, and 139 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:30.839 we had west Jet, which is a low cost carrier 140 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:34.560 in Canada. We've had Hawaiian Airlines that was attacked as well, 141 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:39.079 and the concern is that other airlines could be impacted. 142 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:42.600 The Federal Avia Administration had a statement that came out saying, look, 143 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:45.920 none of these have impacted safety, but certainly it's something 144 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:49.600 that is on the radar as they're trying to find 145 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:52.560 the people that are responsible. And apparently it's this scattered 146 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:55.800 spider group that has gone for the last several years 147 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:57.160 attacking various sectors. 148 00:06:57.199 --> 00:07:00.079 They went after the casinos. 149 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:01.920 In Vegas, then they went after the insurance companies, and 150 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:04.600 they kind of pop around from industry to industry, and 151 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:08.759 apparently now it's the airline industry that is being targeted. 152 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:12.920 So the FBI is investigating, and of course you know, 153 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:16.079 we're hoping that during a busy summer travel season we 154 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:18.120 don't have some of this stuff flare up, Brian, but 155 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:19.879 just kind of have to wait and see. 156 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:23.800 But now, now, are these like ransomware type situations? Are 157 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:26.319 they just cracking in to grab data? Are they trying 158 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:28.959 to shut the systems down? Because when you talk about 159 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:32.000 the airlines getting attacked, that's not like saying the air 160 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:35.480 traffic control system is under cyber attack. Are those we're 161 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:36.079 talking about too. 162 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:41.079 It's the airline system itself where it can be impacted 163 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:44.600 to such a degree that you can't schedule aircraft, schedule 164 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:49.399 flight crews, you know, reconfirm reservations, the things that make 165 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:52.439 an airline logistically move hour to hour. 166 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:53.240 Minute by minute. 167 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:55.680 And once you impede that, then you know, all bets 168 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:58.319 are off as far as what can happen. And just 169 00:07:58.399 --> 00:08:02.040 like the FAA computers, airline computers have never been known 170 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:05.279 as the state of the art because you and I've 171 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:08.839 talked about how these airlines like pac Man have gobbled 172 00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:11.399 up five or six airlines over the decades, so they're 173 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:14.399 kind of a combination of several carriers and what they've 174 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:17.959 done is kind of pieced together all those computer networks 175 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:20.759 to make them work, as opposed to spending hundreds of 176 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:24.600 millions of dollars to completely redo everything every time they 177 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:27.480 turn the corner. The thought is, hey, if it's working, 178 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:31.120 why spend hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars. But 179 00:08:31.160 --> 00:08:34.360 the problem is that your firewall protections and other things 180 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:36.559 that should be in place to try to prevent this 181 00:08:36.679 --> 00:08:40.279 type of cyber attack isn't exactly state of the art. 182 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:42.759 So I don't want to say the door is opened, 183 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:45.440 but it's certainly cracked, and apparently this group is taking 184 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:47.960 advantage of it. And at least a couple of airlines 185 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:49.879 that we know of, and there have been many times 186 00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:53.879 where we've seen airlines report computer issues in quotes, but 187 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:56.840 they've not gone any farther than that. So there's a 188 00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:59.840 possibility that some of the past issues have also been 189 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:03.200 a cyber attack of some kind that you know, just 190 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:04.639 wasn't made public knowledge. 191 00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:09.200 Well, considering it's this known entity, this hacking organization that 192 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:12.879 is moving through these various industries, does what they have 193 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:15.600 done to the other industries that they've attacked indicate what 194 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:17.240 they're trying to do with the airlines? In other words, 195 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:19.080 going back to my question, are they looking for a 196 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:22.320 shakedown on money or they just been okay, so it's 197 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:23.399 a ransomware thing. 198 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:27.399 In the Vegas one, I know that they had a 199 00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:29.679 ransom of a million or two million dollars or something 200 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:31.879 along those lines, as I recall, But that's been a 201 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:35.399 few years ago since that happens, so my memories, you know. 202 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:37.399 A little bit foggy on that. 203 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:41.559 Yeah, it's it's it's an inconvenience, and you know, does 204 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:45.240 it impact safety? The FAA is saying no, I think 205 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:48.840 to a degree, it could certainly start to impact safety 206 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:51.279 to a very small extent. It would never prevent me 207 00:09:51.320 --> 00:09:53.639 from going out and jumping on an airplane, because what 208 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:56.159 would end up happening would be if the computer's had 209 00:09:56.200 --> 00:09:59.000 an issue, that plan's not going anywhere until they work 210 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:01.320 out the paperworking on all the stuff behind the scenes, 211 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:03.759 and then you can go. You're still going to be 212 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:06.039 flying on a perfectly good airplane through an air traffic 213 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:09.600 control system that's operating as it should. It's just the 214 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:12.639 internal workings for that specific airline. Now, the fact that 215 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:16.799 airlines are their own little separate entity is nice because 216 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:19.399 they're not all interconnected, which means if you got in 217 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:22.279 the door of American, you could have access to United 218 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:25.720 at Southwest and all the other carriers. So at least 219 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:28.000 that part of it's working to our advantage. 220 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:30.799 Fair enough, all right, Apparently something scary happening on a 221 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:33.200 japan Airline flight. What's this one all about? 222 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:36.080 Yeah, thirty six thousand feet cruising along. All of a sudden, 223 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:39.039 they had some sort of a mechanical situation that required 224 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:41.759 the flight crew to get the aircraft under ten thousand 225 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:44.679 feet in fast. Oh, so they went on a ten 226 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:47.759 minute quick descent. That wasn't a nose down kind of thing, 227 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:52.039 but believe me, when you dip and go down, it's 228 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:55.639 that roller coaster feeling in your stomach. And the oxygen 229 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:57.919 mask come down because apparently there was a fear of 230 00:10:57.919 --> 00:11:02.200 a cabin pressure maybe being released, and the thought was 231 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:04.399 get it under ten thousand feet so that you don't 232 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:07.799 have to worry about the onboard oxygen, and the crew 233 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:12.320 declared an emergency. They landed safely in Osaka. Passengers, though, 234 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:14.639 so freaked out, they said some of the flight attendants 235 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:17.159 were crying, Oh wow, the kind of thing you want 236 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:20.120 to see from the people in charge. Now, whether that's 237 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:22.759 true or not, I don't know. But the passengers were 238 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:24.799 so freaked out they were scribbling out notes to the 239 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:26.639 loved ones, convinced that the plane was. 240 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:29.200 Oh my god, yeah, and I guess. 241 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:32.240 But they were compensated by Japan Airlines. Each one of 242 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:33.879 them got ninety three dollars. 243 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:36.240 Well, that takes the edge off right there. 244 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:38.879 We're telling you, I mean, yeah, exactly. 245 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:42.080 And a great story on the importance of bringing along 246 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:44.639 a change of underwear and your carry on bags. 247 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:46.840 It was a some anxious moment, my friend. 248 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:50.519 I guarantee you that, yep, and justifiably so. Eight forty 249 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:53.200 five you're talking about a flight crew being suspended and 250 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:55.279 will also get an update on hub delays. One more 251 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:59.000 with Jay Ratliffe on this beautiful Independence Day Eve fifty 252 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:03.960 five KRC fin A look at the weather. Not bad. 253 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:08.159 I have eighty eight today, slightly more human and sunny 254 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:11.279 overnight a few clouds, low of sixty six Independence Day, 255 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:14.279 plenty of sun. Humidity will not be a big deal, 256 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:16.480 says Channel nine ninety one. For the high be a 257 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:20.200 dust temperature for fireworks time about eighty degrees overnight low 258 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:25.720 sixty eight, clear skies and a sticky hot Saturday ninety 259 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:28.200 four is going to be the high end. Close are 260 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:29.799 that at seventy four? Time for final traffick. 261 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:32.960 Chuck Ingram from the UCL Triumphing Center, the University of 262 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:37.039 Cincinnati Cancer Center, hence the most comprehensive blood cancer center 263 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:40.080 in the nation. The future of cancer care is here 264 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:41.840 called five on three five eighty five. 265 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:43.519 You see see see. 266 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:45.840 Suth pounds seventy five continues to run a bit slow 267 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:49.279 out of Lackland. But other than that, highways are looking good. 268 00:12:49.679 --> 00:12:52.519 I'm not seeing any delays on southbound seventy five at 269 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:55.559 the Brand Spence in south two seventy five now looks good. 270 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:58.679 Chuck Ingram, Month fifty five, K see the talk station. 271 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:04.960 If I give out CAIRCD talk station based on that 272 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:07.279 traffick report, my guess there's a lot of people taking 273 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:10.519 work off today, making it four day weekend. Why not? 274 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:13.720 Brian Thomas here with iHeartMedia Adas. Nextpert Jay Rattler, if 275 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:18.360 we're going to pivot over away from soil inducing Japanese 276 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:23.120 airline descents to a suspension of an entire flight crew? Jay, 277 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:24.000 what's this one about? 278 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:27.559 It was? It comes back to a Garuda flight. 279 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:32.360 This is an Indonesian carrier. The aircraft was flying Jakarta 280 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:33.840 to Melbourne and there was a. 281 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:35.919 Man that was sitting in business class and about. 282 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:38.240 Halfway through the flight, he drops his phone in the 283 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:41.559 seedback pocket in front of him and forgets all about 284 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:44.200 it what until he was at baggage claim he goes, whoops, 285 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:47.240 don't have my phone. So he was afraid that perhaps 286 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:50.519 maybe it was already on its way to another destination. 287 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:54.639 So with another device, he uses that apples Find my 288 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:56.600 app device. 289 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:58.960 To see where in the airport his phone might be. 290 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:01.480 Well, it turned out out that the phone was at 291 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:06.399 a nearby hotel and its yeah, so's he's already contact 292 00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:09.600 with the Garuda representative at the airport and he said, 293 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:11.960 my phone's at this hotel and the and the guy 294 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:14.919 from the airline says, well, that's the one our flight 295 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:18.720 crews use. So this passenger grabs his family, jumps in 296 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:21.879 a taxi, takes off to the hotel, has the Garuda 297 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:25.360 rep meet him there, and then the rep gets keys 298 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:28.480 to the rooms for the flight crew and they start 299 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:33.039 searching the rooms for this phone. Now this guy's tracking 300 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:35.480 it and he says, well it's not here now and 301 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:39.039 what happened was he tracked it over a bridge and 302 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:43.240 then it disappeared plunk, it went offline. Apparently somebody walked 303 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:45.639 it over to a nearby bridge and dropped it into 304 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:49.279 the water. And so was it a crew member or not. 305 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:51.799 The airline doesn't know, But until they find out, they 306 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:55.039 suspended the entire flight crew. But I mean, you talking 307 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:57.799 about somebody tenacious. I don't know what was on that phone, 308 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:00.559 but he was in a bad kind of trying to 309 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:03.639 get it back and then something. I mean, when you're 310 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:06.200 chasing people down like that, that's saying something. 311 00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:06.759 Yeah. 312 00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:08.639 Well, and maybe it was at that point where they 313 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:10.919 threw the phone in the water off the bridge, that 314 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:13.320 was the person realizing, oh wait a minute, I stole 315 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:15.440 a phone, and it's really easy to track cell phone 316 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:15.879 these days. 317 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:18.480 I may as well dump it. Yeah, I'm going to 318 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:23.679 steal this car. Nobody will find me, okay. 319 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:28.519 Well, anyway, reminds me of of the justice that was 320 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:31.240 meeted down upon us in elementary school. Somebody made a 321 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:34.320 noise in the bathroom that disturbed a teacher. She hauled 322 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:36.360 every single one of the boys out in the hallway 323 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:39.200 and threatened every single one of us with a paddle. 324 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:41.039 Remember back in the days when you could get swatted 325 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:44.559 at school unless someone yeah, unless someone stepped forward in 326 00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:46.919 a minute there with the person who made the noise, 327 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:50.159 so one way of ferreting it out. Yeah, I think 328 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:52.679 somebody did step forward. I don't think that was that 329 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:53.519 story out there hanging. 330 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:54.679 I got to know the end of it. 331 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:57.840 Yeah, No, I was the recipient of corporal punishment without 332 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:01.279 justice and without due process one occasion. But I won't 333 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:03.159 tell that story anyway. 334 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:05.759 We always know your career got started. 335 00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:11.879 The always end on hub delays. What's it like traveling 336 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:13.960 out there on this busy, busy holiday week and I 337 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:15.879 understand we're going to be setting a record out there. 338 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:16.960 We could be. 339 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:18.639 In fact, a couple of days we've already been at 340 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:21.080 two point nine even three million, and I think probably 341 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:24.039 less than six seven times we've hit three million in 342 00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:26.759 the course of a day. But weather wise, today Dallas 343 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:30.159 and Houston could see some issues. Miami and Tampa are 344 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:32.240 going to be really an issue. But Brian, I think 345 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:35.519 if some of this tropical storm weather that they're talking 346 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:38.399 about maybe coming up sometime next week, we might be 347 00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:42.399 having a bigger impact on the hubs for next next week. 348 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:44.759 But you know, most of these flights are pretty well full, 349 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:47.480 so it's not like we're going to see a drastic 350 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:50.159 increase in the number of passengers that are flying. So 351 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:53.200 it's going to be busy regardless of the time. And 352 00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:55.399 you and I talked about it before. Remember that Galaxy 353 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:59.440 Note seven cell phone that was made in twenty. 354 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:01.240 Sixteen yea and by the FAA. 355 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:03.159 So if you've got one of those, show up at 356 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:05.440 the airport, you're certainly going to be slowed down. But 357 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:06.960 this is the time of year you want to get 358 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:09.480 to the airport plenty of time because playing let's see 359 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:12.319 how cuse we cut, how close we can cut it 360 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:14.480 is going to be a game you'll lose because it's 361 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:15.640 a little slower at the airports. 362 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:17.599 Yeah, I read an article this morning they said today 363 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:21.480 there'll be like fifty two thousand flights. That just seems like, 364 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:22.559 oh my god. 365 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:26.440 And the TSA is managing all of that, yeah, on. 366 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:28.319 Those old, antiquated computers. 367 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:31.160 So if you want to understand just how good some 368 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:33.559 of these men and women are, they make it happen 369 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:36.759 with that. But yeah, I think the TSA indicated that 370 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:40.160 yesterday we had two point seven million people fly so 371 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:43.880 and on the twenty nine two point nine, so we've 372 00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:46.599 had several days again knocking at the door of three million, 373 00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:49.480 so that's a lot of people flying. So yeah, get 374 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:51.920 to the airport at least two hours before departure. Make 375 00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:53.640 sure that you get to the gate as quickly as 376 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:55.440 you can, and yeah, enjoy. 377 00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:57.279 Your fly and a lot of return travel on Sunday. 378 00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:59.079 From what I read that maybe the banner day, so 379 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:01.799 definitely get there early on a Sunday if you're coming back. 380 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:04.319 This Sunday after Thanksgiving. Kind of numbers, but believe me, 381 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:06.160 you're right, it's going to be a hectic time at 382 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:08.559 the airport. Hopefully get tsa pre check and you can 383 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:10.160 get through the shorter line a little faster. 384 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:13.400 Jay, always appreciated, best of health, loved you in your 385 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:15.880 better half, and enjoy your Independence Day weekend. I'll look 386 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:19.359 forward to next week and another edition of the Aviation 387 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:20.119 Update with you. 388 00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:22.960 A lot to be thankful for, especially as we celebrate 389 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:25.160 winning the lottery to be an American my friends, So yeah, 390 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:26.599 plan and unjoining. 391 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:28.799 Amen to that, brother, take care of yourself. Jay Rattliffe 392 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:30.640 eight fifty four. Folks, you didn't get a chance. We 393 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:33.720 had a special Tech Friday with Dave Hatter on a Thursday. 394 00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:38.160 Wi Fi companies tracking you movements in your houses. Yes, 395 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:40.880 your Wi Fi system can tell an outside entity where 396 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:43.839 you are and if someone is in your home. Artificial 397 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:48.000 intelligence going after your wallet, and a judge allows artificial intelligence. 398 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:50.960 Testimony from a dead man at a sentencing hearing crazy 399 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:55.319 stuff that shaz comp with her book, The Ultimate Vaccine Timeline, 400 00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:58.400 going back to the dawn of vaccines, fast forward all 401 00:18:58.400 --> 00:19:01.640