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I 22 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:08.359 always look forward to this time and this day of 23 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:10.439 the week for one reason and one reason only, and 24 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:12.560 it's a good one. Welcome back to the fifty five 25 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:15.120 KRS Morning Show. I heard media aviation expert Jay Ratliff. 26 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:16.760 Good head back on my program. 27 00:01:16.359 --> 00:01:18.480 My friend, Hey, pleasant, pleasant, good. 28 00:01:18.319 --> 00:01:22.159 Morning, and let us I saw the late addition to 29 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:25.000 the lineup this morning, Notice to Airmen. 30 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:28.680 Yes, well you know it. 31 00:01:28.719 --> 00:01:32.239 Was I think it was two thousand November twenty twenty one. 32 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:35.319 The FAA spent a tremendous amount of time and money 33 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:39.879 hosting a virtual inclusive language summit. They were trying to, 34 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:46.040 you know, adopt gender neutral terms within the aviation world. 35 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:49.760 And the thought was notice to airmen was a bit 36 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:53.480 you know, masculine, We might offend people, so we're going 37 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:57.120 to change that to notice to air missions, which made 38 00:01:56.760 --> 00:02:01.239 no sense at all. Cock has got to be flight deck, 39 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:03.079 airman got to be aviator. 40 00:02:03.239 --> 00:02:04.560 If they talked about the. 41 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:08.000 UAVs or the unmanned aerial systems need to be uncrewded 42 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:10.680 aerial system I mean, it went on and on and on, 43 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:12.479 and you can't say man made. It's got to be 44 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:16.080 machine made or fabricator at whatever. They spent millions of 45 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:21.120 dollars throughout this. Now that Donald Trump's in office, that 46 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:23.599 stuff's going away. We're going back to the terms we 47 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:26.560 use for like seventy some years, which was which was 48 00:02:26.599 --> 00:02:30.039 perfectly fine. So, I mean, I'm sure that there are 49 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:33.400 things that we need to adjust over time, but this 50 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:35.919 type of stuff was just so far over over the edge. 51 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:37.759 It just made no sense. 52 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:40.840 And a lot of the pilots within the industry, male 53 00:02:40.919 --> 00:02:43.840 and female, said, why are we spending tens of millions 54 00:02:43.879 --> 00:02:47.520 of dollars on this program when we desperately need to 55 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:50.879 upgrade the systems we've got, Please spend the money where 56 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:53.719 it's needed. And certainly I think that that was the 57 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:57.719 most rational approach from the men and women that are 58 00:02:57.759 --> 00:03:01.039 directly involved in all of this, them saying, look, spend 59 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:04.599 money upgrading the systems that need to be upgraded. And 60 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:09.240 when I see Musk and Trump together teaming up, I 61 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:11.800 can only imagine what Elon Musk thought of when he 62 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:16.000 started looking over the FAA systems of the day and 63 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:19.159 recognizing so much of it was last century, given how 64 00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:25.039 you know, technically savvy he is, and it's obvious it's 65 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:26.240 not going to work that way. 66 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:29.000 So we'll see just how fast some of this stuff 67 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:30.639 can start to turn around. 68 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:35.319 Did did the Biden administration seek to revise the word amen? 69 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:39.800 I'm sure it's in there somewhere, because you know that 70 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:43.680 could be offensive to well. I could go on a 71 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:46.000 religious ramp with some of my left friends. 72 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:49.120 I just I can't go there. I get even more emails. 73 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:52.520 I get about one hundred and sixty unread already this morning. 74 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:53.919 I don't want to add to that. 75 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:57.520 But it's it's it's just, you know, Brian, it's it's 76 00:03:57.560 --> 00:04:00.479 the common sense stuff your dad talked about for decades, 77 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:04.599 You've talked about for decades. It's just it's it's what 78 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:07.840 you spend your time on. And we can go after 79 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:10.520 the real issues of the day, or we can manage 80 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:13.360 the perception of going after issues. And it's just it's 81 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:16.279 just ridiculous. But you know, but I'll tell you this, 82 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:18.639 The stuff we've seen over the last two to three weeks, 83 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:21.319 I never thought I would see in my life. Because 84 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:24.759 I've heard every politician at every debate for presidential or 85 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:28.560 Congress or Senate talk about the waste the waste, the waste, 86 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:31.240 and not a single one of those buzzards did anything 87 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:33.959 about it when they got in office other than contribute 88 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:37.040 to it. And I had some you know, high regard 89 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:39.439 for a lot of our elected officials, but they got 90 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:41.959 there and got you know, neck deep in all the 91 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:44.800 garbage and you know, just played ball like everybody else. 92 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:46.839 So for the President to go in there and do this, 93 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:50.480 because I've always been saying, look, you know, the national 94 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:53.680 debt's going up a trillion dollars every hundred days. That's 95 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:57.160 not sustainable. And the idea that he can come in 96 00:04:57.240 --> 00:05:00.199 and maybe slow that, maybe we're. 97 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:00.759 Versus a bit. 98 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:03.639 Yeah, all it's going to do is is save us. 99 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:06.839 From driving over the cliff at an earlier date. And 100 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:07.680 I'm really glad for that. 101 00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:10.480 We can only pray. But those who are listening to 102 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:12.920 my conversation with Congressman Massa the other day probably had 103 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:15.199 their bubble burst a little bit in that regard, because 104 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:18.160 we are our own worst nightmare. And he can even 105 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:20.839 point to a lot of members within the Republican Party 106 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:23.639 which seeks to sustain this overspending. 107 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:26.959 It's power, Brandon power, and when you take away money, 108 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:30.480 you're taking away people's power. And that's why I'm praying 109 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:32.839 for President Trump now more than ever, because he is 110 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:35.839 going after the power of the people in d C. 111 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:39.439 In ways that's never been done before. And you talk 112 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:42.439 about a threat to the It was one thing to 113 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:45.480 drain the swamp, round one you do with what he's 114 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:49.079 doing now is I mean, you're going after the power 115 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:52.839 base of everybody. And I'm telling you I love seeing 116 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:55.480 it because he's doing exactly what he promised. I still 117 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:58.120 tell my friends, if the election was redone today we 118 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:01.639 had to redo, he would be elected by a bigger 119 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:04.120 margin today than he was in November. What because I 120 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:07.319 think even I think even some Democrats can say, look 121 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:10.360 some of this stuff that's happening, where money's being spent. 122 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:12.519 How many people in North Carolina are still sleeping in 123 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:15.800 tents in the winter, and we're giving all these hundreds 124 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:18.079 of millions of dollars to other countries on some of 125 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:20.279 the dumbest things ever there. No, let's take care of 126 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:23.399 the people that need it in California, in North Carolina 127 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:25.959 and every other place. School programs. I'd love to see, 128 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:29.879 you know, meals provided for our kids in school that 129 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:33.000 as opposed to that money going elsewhere. So many things 130 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:35.319 that have been wasteful, and I'm glad that the spickett 131 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:36.560 is starting to get turned off. 132 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:39.680 Amen to that. Oh, I said that word again, hang out. 133 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:45.639 I do not care if I heard avia for Jay 134 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:47.439 ratlip bore to talk about coming up. I hope you 135 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:52.560 can stick around fifty five KRC dot com at you line. 136 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:55.120 They know first Jay Ratler has he's a heart media 137 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:57.959 aviation expert and he's on the Thick About Jersey morning 138 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:01.079 show every Thursday at eight thirty, and I certainly appreciate 139 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:03.639 him being here really quick. Ifore we get through the 140 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:06.959 topics you mentioned the system upgrade, Like gee, if they 141 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:10.560 had only spent all that DEI and Woke money training 142 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:13.279 people how to use appropriate pronouns or whatever on a 143 00:07:13.319 --> 00:07:15.759 new f air traffic control system, we'd be a lot 144 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:18.959 better off. My understanding is it's so antiquated they still 145 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:21.680 use those big floppy disc if I recall you mentioning 146 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:22.680 that bit right. 147 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:25.399 There, there are some systems that do fewer than what 148 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:28.920 we've had before. But yes, it's it's so old. You 149 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:32.199 have to google the terms and to find parts. Ryan 150 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:34.639 wants some miss up breaks, and then to find people 151 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:37.720 that are qualified to replace those parts legacies because most 152 00:07:37.720 --> 00:07:38.959 of them retired twenty years ago. 153 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:44.399 Yeah, so real quick here if I mean how realistically speaking, 154 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:46.800 if they dedicated the money and resources toward it, how 155 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:49.079 long would it take to upgrade the system? 156 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:50.920 Five to six years? Easy? 157 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:53.920 Okay, all right, and probably billions of dollars. 158 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:55.959 President Trump just has to get the ball moving in 159 00:07:56.000 --> 00:08:01.680 that direction, and once he does, it will not be 160 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:03.319 finished by the time he leaves office. 161 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:05.360 But it's needed. 162 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:08.600 And when you recognize that the aviation industry is the 163 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:11.920 integral part to our nation's economy, why it's only getting 164 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:15.160 money that falls off the table the scraps has always 165 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:16.879 bothered me, But I know why. 166 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:19.480 Because it works. In the minute, excuse me. 167 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:21.800 The men and women that are within the air traffic 168 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:24.480 control system to a very good job of making it work, 169 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:28.120 even though they're understaffed and they've got things that are 170 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:30.360 so some of them have to have umbrellas in the 171 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:32.399 air traffic control towers because of leaks in the roof 172 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:34.120 that haven't been fund Oh my god, you've got all 173 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:37.240 of these things taking place, Brian, and they find a 174 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:39.320 way to make it work. So since we've not had 175 00:08:39.799 --> 00:08:42.639 issues the idea of well, do we have to spend 176 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:44.120 money there, No, we don't have to. And it just 177 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:47.240 boggles my mind because we are so far behind where 178 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:50.320 we need to be, and aviation is expected to double 179 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:53.399 over the next fifteen to twenty years. We can't handle 180 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:55.559 what we're doing now alone for what's coming. 181 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:58.240 And we are a moment in technological time away from 182 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:01.799 our own individual flying health, helicopter, drone kind of devices, 183 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:05.320 and that's only going to complicate matters. It's crazy, crazy. 184 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:08.200 Exciting times. We just need it to be. You know, 185 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:09.440 we didn't need to be safer. 186 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:13.159 We definitely do because sometimes helicopters fly into airplanes. It's 187 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:15.480 amazing how that was Donald Trump's fault. I mean Donald 188 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:19.399 Trump's fault. Seriously, I actually heard that out loud anyhow, 189 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:20.200 of course. 190 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:22.679 Yeah, anything that has but I will I will take 191 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:24.639 issue with the president when he immediately came out and 192 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:25.039 said it. 193 00:09:24.960 --> 00:09:27.720 Was a DEI issue. Oh, I didn't agree with that 194 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:28.720 at all, because. 195 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:34.480 Yeah, that's ready ready fire aim anyhow, airlines asking the 196 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:38.320 president to abandon the what is called the passenger compensation Review. 197 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:39.000 What's this all about? 198 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:39.240 Jay? 199 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:42.080 You know you heard me's talk for years that the 200 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:45.399 Biden administration went after airlines like any other administration, and 201 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:48.440 I appreciated the job that the Biden administration did. It 202 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:50.919 was the only thing that they did that I really liked. 203 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:53.759 But they tried to hold airlines accountable. So one of 204 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:58.000 the things that President Biden's administration tried to do was 205 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:03.120 create a a passenger protection a bill and they were 206 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:07.039 soliciting comments on it, still in the solicitation comment phase, 207 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:10.519 and they're considering whether or not airlines should be required 208 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:13.519 to pay us for delays now, not weather delays, but 209 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:18.480 delays they create through mechanical or you know, flight cruise shortages. 210 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:20.879 Whatever might have to be three hundred dollars if we're 211 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:23.720 delayed for up to three hours, five hundred dollars if 212 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:26.200 we're delayed up to six or maybe even seven hundred 213 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:29.000 dollars if it's a nine hour delay. It's what Europe 214 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:32.320 and Canada are doing as a way of trying to 215 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:36.639 make customers it just protected. The airline's taking better care 216 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:39.679 of them and it's working well there, and it's something 217 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:42.279 that I like because it's holding airlines accountable. 218 00:10:42.559 --> 00:10:42.720 Well. 219 00:10:42.759 --> 00:10:46.840 Now, the Airline Lobbying Group and others have gone to 220 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:49.759 the President saying, you know, maybe we should just kind 221 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:51.399 of push this off to the side for now. 222 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:54.039 Maybe later we can talk about this. 223 00:10:55.799 --> 00:10:58.320 One of the reasons airline stocks went up right after 224 00:10:58.360 --> 00:11:02.279 Trump was elected was because many people thought, and rightfully so, 225 00:11:02.440 --> 00:11:05.480 that some of this oversight, some of this pressure was 226 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:09.039 going to be alleviated throttled back. You had airlines like Delta, 227 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:11.639 United and others contributing a million dollars to the Trump 228 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:15.759 inaugural campaign. Has did Boeing in hopes I'm sure that 229 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:18.679 there would be a little bit more cooperation between the 230 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:23.240 government and the airline industry. So it'll be interesting to 231 00:11:23.240 --> 00:11:26.759 see if Donald Trump decides to throttle back and. 232 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:28.240 Kind of push this off to the side. 233 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:30.559 I hope not, but it's one of the things that 234 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:33.679 I said was going to happen when President Trump was elected, 235 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:37.000 was that we were going to see Trump term one. 236 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:41.159 There was a very good relationship between Donald Trump administration 237 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:44.200 and the airline industry, where the airline industry, I don't 238 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:47.360 want to say went off unchecked or without supervision. That's 239 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:51.000 the wrong a picture to paint, but they weren't hell 240 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:53.879 as accountable as what the Biden administration had done. And 241 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:56.559 I will forever be grateful for what they've done. Pete 242 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:58.600 Buota check in the first couple of years was a joke. 243 00:11:59.080 --> 00:12:01.559 The last couple of year, look, he was doing what 244 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:04.320 he could to try to help force airlines to provide 245 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:09.080 better service for the airlines, and this latest move could 246 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:11.759 suggest the step back from that. Left to see what 247 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:14.360 the official Trump response is going to be to the 248 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:16.360 lobbying efforts by the airline industry. 249 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:19.000 Yeah, I just think I'm at the ripple effect. You know, 250 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:22.879 you'd get flights delayed. Of course, then that impacts the 251 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:25.320 connecting flights and whether that plane is going to be 252 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:27.480 able to operate on time. I mean that it just 253 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:29.679 has an impact that just keeps going and going. It's 254 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:31.840 like the butterfly effect almost that they have. 255 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:34.080 And it is and that's a good point because some 256 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:37.440 airlines have a very aggressive if everything goes perfect, this 257 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:38.279 is how many flights we. 258 00:12:38.279 --> 00:12:40.360 Can operate in the day. Well, we know things aren't 259 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:41.080 going to go perfect. 260 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:43.360 So one of the reasons that Jet Blu and other 261 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:46.679 airlines have been fined by the FAA for chronically or 262 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:50.919 by the Department of Transportation for chronically delayed flights is 263 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:53.840 because the DOT is telling the airlines. Look, you know 264 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:56.600 this isn't going to operate on time. You know passengers 265 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:58.960 are going to be impacted. You should not have this 266 00:12:59.039 --> 00:13:02.799 scheduled this way because it's next to impossible for it 267 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:05.440 to go the way you have it scheduled. So as 268 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:07.519 a result, we're gonna we're gonna find you how many 269 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:10.840 millions of dollars to because of the fact that you 270 00:13:10.879 --> 00:13:13.799 were putting out a schedule and selling a schedule to 271 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:17.840 the public that you can't possibly maintain. So that's what 272 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:21.360 I like, because when airlines do things like that where 273 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:25.080 they come out with these unrealistic schedules, Brian, it's it's 274 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:28.399 not something that the traveling public can really count on 275 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:30.600 as something that is going to get them to their 276 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:33.720 destination without you know, some sort of a problem in between. So, 277 00:13:34.320 --> 00:13:36.759 you know, that's what I like from the DOT over 278 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:39.000 the last few years is they were really calling the 279 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:41.000 airlines out for a lot of the craft that they 280 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:43.879 were trying to push and when they had these schedules 281 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:47.320 that were simply just just not sustainable, they were not realistic. 282 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:52.080 They were selling tickets anyways, and the administration was saying, uh, 283 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:52.440 and the. 284 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:53.519 Fines were minimal. 285 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:56.799 You know from a monetary standpoint, and of course they're 286 00:13:56.840 --> 00:13:59.039 reduced if the airlines promised never to do it again, 287 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:01.679 which always drives me crazy because I don't think I 288 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:03.320 can do that with the irs. If I've got a 289 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:05.879 problem with them, I don't think I can negotiate it down. 290 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:08.639 But airlines can do it with the government, and we 291 00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:11.000 know they're going to do it again because they always do. 292 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:13.360 Yeah, well, it's not too much of an imposition. I'll 293 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:14.679 hold you over. We can talk a little bit more 294 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:15.639 when we come back from a break. 295 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:16.320 Is that okay, Jack? 296 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:18.919 I'd love to because tomorrow's Valentine's Day and for Delta 297 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:20.360 Airlines that's a big datamorrow. 298 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:23.159 Fantastic One more with Jay Ratliff Hang on to be 299 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:26.960 right back fifty five KRC, the talk station. 300 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:29.279 Your Hands Work Hard. 301 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:33.120 One more time from the Channel nine. Weather forecasts going 302 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:35.720 to be breezy, cloudy, and a high thirty two today, 303 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:37.759 clearing up over night down to seventeen, a partly sunny 304 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:40.519 day Tomorrow with a high thirty six, rain kicking in 305 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:43.200 overnight Friday low thirty, and then a big rainy day 306 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:46.840 Saturday with a floodwatch starting at four pm through Sunday 307 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:49.519 afternoon for most of the tri state forty five degrees, 308 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:51.919 with the high on Saturday closing out of thirty one 309 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:55.720 time for final traffic Chuck from the UCL Tramfic Center. 310 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:58.120 For more than two hundred years, the experts at u 311 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:00.759 SEE Health have been giving hard pay since a chance 312 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:04.679 at better outcomes. That's boundless care. You can trust, expect more, 313 00:15:04.879 --> 00:15:08.240 and you see help dot com. Northbound seventy five continues 314 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:12.080 heavy Donaldson into downtown. The light times have dropped under 315 00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:15.840 the fifteen minute mark. Southbound seventy five continues slow in 316 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:18.600 and out of Lackland. Northbound fourth seventy one have been 317 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:22.000 heavy from Grand into town. Chuck Ingram on fifty five krs. 318 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:23.759 The talk station. 319 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:27.879 A fifty fifty five KRCIT talk station Bryan tim with 320 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:31.200 the Jay Ratliffe, I Heart mediaviation expert and lucky man. 321 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:33.159 He married out of his element, just like I did. 322 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:35.399 Smart man he is. I would like to point that out. 323 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:38.200 And you mentioned Valentine's Day. That's the day that Paula 324 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:43.519 accepted my proposal of marriage thirty thirty three years ago. 325 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:47.559 So I'm excited it is stuck. Yes anniversary in June. 326 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:50.080 The thirty three year anniversary in June. So lucky man 327 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:53.159 I am. And you mentioned Valentine's Day is a special 328 00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:55.320 day for who is it American. 329 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:58.559 Delta Delta Air Delta had a really good year last year, 330 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:02.080 and on Valentine's Day every year they can, they give 331 00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:06.240 their employees profit sharing and they do it on Valentine's Day. 332 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:09.759 So if you're flying tomorrow and your deltas employee seems 333 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:12.080 to be, oh, let's say, in a really good mood, 334 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:15.600 it's because Delta is giving them collectively one point four 335 00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:20.960 billions dollars God tomorrow, it's like four to five weeks 336 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:25.000 of pay in a check as a thank you for 337 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:28.000 doing a great job. Now, deltas my carrier of choice. 338 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:30.120 They've let me down more than a few times, but 339 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:32.919 still they're the airline that sharing and I go to 340 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:34.759 anywhere in the world. We're going to Asia, Europe or 341 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:38.960 anywhere in the United States. But Delta does a very 342 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:42.200 good job at giving back to their employees, and it's 343 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:44.279 one of the reasons that you know, they continue to 344 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:46.159 lead the industry in a lot of different things. But 345 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:49.200 look casts off to Delta for the job they did 346 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:52.600 last year. And I cannot be more happy that the 347 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:54.639 employees are getting a part of that success as they 348 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:57.039 are tomorrow. So to all our Delta friends, enjoy your 349 00:16:57.080 --> 00:16:58.320 day tomorrow. It's gonna be a great day. 350 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:01.399 That's fantastic. And you know they I'm guessing they probably 351 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:04.599 lead the airline industry and employee retention for that reason. 352 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:07.559 Well, for a lot of a lot. I can send 353 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:12.079 twenty minutes on that. They do for all the right reasons. 354 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:14.400 And you know a lot of times when I see 355 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:18.200 some of the going above and beyond stories it different airlines, 356 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:21.279 but Delta does it as well. And when you're talking 357 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:23.839 about making sure that flights are on time and that 358 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:27.480 flights are completed, and from the pilots down to the mechanics, 359 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:31.079 the flight attendants, the folks in the tower, maintenance control 360 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:33.839 from all aspects of the operation. 361 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:35.240 They do a good job. 362 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:38.599 And it starts with you at Bastian's who's at the 363 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:40.680 top CEO, and he does a good job. Used to 364 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:43.960 work for comm Air here many years ago, and he 365 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:46.599 communicates a good message. Now, they've been big on the 366 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:49.599 DEI side of things over the years, they have obviously 367 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:53.599 kind of tilted the other direction, but they do a 368 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:56.160 good job. But you know, when they had a school shooting, 369 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:58.039 they announced that, hey, we're not going to do anything 370 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:01.119 more at the NRA and things. So they're obviously always 371 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:04.920 looking to do things in a reactive way, which I 372 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:07.240 never think is a good idea from a business standpoint, 373 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:10.759 but from an operational standpoint, you know, Delta does a 374 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:13.079 great job, and they do a great job here in Cincinnati. 375 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:16.680 They take good care of our customers, and obviously we 376 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:19.039 wish we had more Delta flights for anybody who's listening, 377 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:22.200 that would be great. Yeah, but look, I'm just thrilled 378 00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:24.240 that tomorrow is going to be their day, and anytime 379 00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:28.039 sharing air flying up to or near or after Valentine's Day, 380 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:33.119 I'm constantly congratulating the crews everybody that we interact with 381 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:36.119 on their special day because they've earned it. 382 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:39.000 They've earned it well from the idiots doing idiot things 383 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:44.000 because they're idiots. To the file containing information about actions 384 00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:48.640 do have consequences. Don't point lasers at airplanes. 385 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:53.920 Two thousand and I think twenty three is last numbers. 386 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:57.720 I have thirteen three and four laser strikes on the 387 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:01.319 ground by these handheld powerful lasers to aircraft that were 388 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:04.759 reported by the Federal ABA's administration at night. When these 389 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:08.359 powerful lasers hit the ceiling of a cockpit, it can 390 00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:11.799 blind the flight crew temporarily during a critical moment of flight, 391 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:14.000 on takeoff and landings. 392 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.559 People do this. 393 00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:18.240 I don't know why, but you're putting everybody's life at risk. 394 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:21.880 We've had pilots that had to retire because their eye 395 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:25.200 was so damaged in the attack that they no longer 396 00:19:25.319 --> 00:19:28.640 can fly. Well, there was somebody outside of Kalasville, Montana. 397 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:32.440 He's a thirty two year old man that was using 398 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:35.400 a handheld laser and there was a flight instructor that 399 00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:39.960 was in a smaller aircraft assessmin and she followed him. 400 00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:40.640 Called the police. 401 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:43.480