WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:05.480 Uh time for the Channel nine first one and Wether forecast. 2 00:00:05.519 --> 00:00:07.240 Nice day to day, Enjoy at sunny skies with the 3 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:09.679 highest seventy five got rain shown up overnight dropping a 4 00:00:09.759 --> 00:00:13.519 fifty seven. It remains tomorrow that rain along with a 5 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:16.839 few a possibility of if you have heavy storms. Excuse me, 6 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:20.000 mars high seventy overnight lill of fifty eight with more 7 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:22.440 rain and a partly sunny Saturday with the highest seventy 8 00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:25.920 five sixty one degrees. Right now, let's hear about traffic conditions. 9 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:30.519 Chuck from you see how traffic Center you see healthy, 10 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:34.000 o fine, comprehensive care that's so personal it makes your 11 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:38.079 best tomorrow possible. That's boundless care from better outcomes. Expect 12 00:00:38.119 --> 00:00:41.159 more at you see how dot Com West spend two 13 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:43.880 seventy five crews continue to work with an accident at 14 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:48.600 Mastella Shoulder. Southbound seventy five continues slow through Lackland south 15 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:52.560 two seventy five break lights between Lawrence purg and the bridge. 16 00:00:52.799 --> 00:00:56.479 Trouble with the traffic lights on Colombia Depth Chuck Ingram 17 00:00:56.560 --> 00:00:58.479 on fifty five KR see the talk. 18 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:02.679 Station Hey thirty one on a Thursday. It's that time 19 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:06.400 of week. I always look forward to. iHeartMedia. Aviation expert 20 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:10.159 Jay Ratlift joins the program talk about things aviation. Jay Ratliff, 21 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:12.000 my friend, welcome back to the Morning Show. Always a 22 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:13.680 pleasure having you on the program. 23 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:14.680 Hey, good morning. 24 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:18.599 All right, curveball number one here comes? 25 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:18.920 Why not? 26 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:19.280 Ali? 27 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:19.719 Why not? 28 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:22.719 And you could see this coming a mile away with 29 00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:25.239 you know, we have drones out there in the world, 30 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:29.079 and you know we've seen prototype, you know, individual you know, 31 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:32.640 human being operated drone, you know, quad copters out there 32 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:34.879 in the world. But I see that is it Jobe 33 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:39.000 or Jobby Aviation? Apparently Toyota just promised to invest five 34 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:44.760 hundred million dollars. This is for electric air taxis. And 35 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:47.640 immediately thought of, you know, the Jetsons with all these 36 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:51.400 you know, craft flying around, and doesn't that create all 37 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:54.920 kinds of sort of challenges in terms of running into 38 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:57.040 each other and where are they gonna land? Where are 39 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.680 they gonna fly? This is going to retire require some 40 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:02.560 sort of massive regulatory scheme to be created, isn't it. 41 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:05.359 I mean it sounds, I mean like the FAA. 42 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:09.000 Is already working in that direction, because obviously it would 43 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:14.120 be a lot easier for an unmanned uber drone to 44 00:02:14.199 --> 00:02:17.080 land in my driveway, I jump in, and it takes 45 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:19.599 me to wherever I'm going, where it's on a fully 46 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:23.199 automated flightpath, Versus Joe with his cup of coffee going 47 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:26.159 out and flying his own drone from one place or another. 48 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:29.319 So if I've got to have my Druthers, that's what 49 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:29.639 I want. 50 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:29.800 Now. 51 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:33.159 Obviously, there's so many things we have to we have 52 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:36.360 to encounter and we have to look at. But it 53 00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:40.120 is certainly something that commercial aviation, the people that run 54 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:42.960 the major airlines are looking at this as a as a. 55 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:45.800 Viable, it can happen, and it can. 56 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:49.879 Happen soon type of situation, and they're investing tens of 57 00:02:49.919 --> 00:02:52.639 millions of dollars in a lot of these companies trying 58 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:57.280 to develop this technology that would in essence, shuttle individuals 59 00:02:57.319 --> 00:03:01.479 from airports within a closer proximity of some of the 60 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:04.800 major hubs into that hub so that they could jump 61 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:07.439 on a flight and away they go. So it's as 62 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:11.039 it is with everything else, like supersonic or hypersonic travel. 63 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:14.319 It's great, it's possible, but is it feasible? 64 00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:17.199 Can we produce it at such a rate that it's 65 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:21.280 going to be attractive to the non ultra rich. You know, 66 00:03:21.319 --> 00:03:23.120 it's great to go into space for you know, if 67 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:26.039 you've got you know, zillions of dollars, but it's not 68 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:29.879 something that is considered affordable for most of us because 69 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:32.879 the fact that it's just it's just too costly. And 70 00:03:32.919 --> 00:03:35.080 it's the same sort of situation here when the Concord 71 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:38.199 was running, Concord had supersonic travel, but Brian, it was 72 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:40.960 so expensive to operate the aircraft. The only way they 73 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:43.719 could keep it flying with subsidies from various countries. So 74 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:45.960 it's the same sort of situation here. 75 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:47.400 Will they be able to do it? 76 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:49.719 It's the same discussion you and I've had on sustainable 77 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:53.120 aviation fuel, where this fuel is made from oils and plants, 78 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:58.159 which is a good substitute for the typical you know, 79 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:00.879 great a jet fuel if you will, but the problem 80 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:03.680 is we can't produce it cheaply enough, and airlines are saying, 81 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:06.280 until we get to that point, even though we want 82 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:09.680 to use a lot of this, we simply can't because 83 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:10.759 it's just too expensive. 84 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:14.560 Well I understand that, but in the context of these 85 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:18.120 flying taxies, you know, immediately thought of that collision between 86 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:21.199 the aircraft and the helicopter or in DC, I mean. 87 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:25.600 And those were man, I mean, I know train pilots. 88 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:29.519 So you know, it's we knew that when once we 89 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:32.759 got into these fully automated cars that you know, the 90 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:35.040 technology is there. All we have to do is apply 91 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:38.160 it to aviation, and we certainly can't and they would 92 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:39.720 be restricted to certain altitudes. 93 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:40.839 You you would have the. 94 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:44.560 Vectors or you know, highways in the sky if you will, 95 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:49.120 so to speak. But you know, the the idea when 96 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:51.560 it's implemented versus when are we going to be comfortable 97 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:54.160 enough to like go out and jump in one is 98 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:57.240 going to be interesting to see. And of course, anytime 99 00:04:57.399 --> 00:05:00.160 if this thing happens and there's an accident, that it's 100 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:02.800 all we're going to hear about. So there's a lot 101 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:05.040 of things that have to move in the right direction. 102 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:08.160 But you know, when I look. 103 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:10.399 At this, I'm like, wait minute, We've got the FAA, 104 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:12.680 who's going to try to oversee this. It's still using 105 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:14.160 technology that we've talked about. 106 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:15.920 How old it is floppy disks. 107 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:18.360 Am I going to be looking for this happening in 108 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:19.240 the next five years? 109 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:20.480 I don't think so. 110 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:24.439 So I'm not overly you know, excited or concerned at 111 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:27.120 this point because I know the reality of the situation 112 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:29.680 is that you know, it's going to be a while 113 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:33.879 before from a technology standpoint, we're going to really be able. 114 00:05:33.720 --> 00:05:34.519 To facilitate this. 115 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:38.879 Yeah, so maybe the rules and the laws in anticipation 116 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:40.920 of that day when it is widely available, will be 117 00:05:40.959 --> 00:05:42.879 already on the books, and so people will have a 118 00:05:42.920 --> 00:05:45.000 clear vision of how it's going to operate before we 119 00:05:45.040 --> 00:05:45.439 take to this. 120 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:47.920 We hope we are dealing with the government much. I know, 121 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:49.800 I know I'm talking about that. 122 00:05:49.959 --> 00:05:53.639 Well, thank you for qualifying my comment there, Jay, right, 123 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:57.839 I know you're going. We'll talk about Southwest Airline finally 124 00:05:57.879 --> 00:06:00.759 getting on board what other airlines realize was a huge 125 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:03.560 money maker. That and other topics with Jay rattlif will 126 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:07.000 be right back fifty five KRC dot com. Did you 127 00:06:07.079 --> 00:06:10.040 know even the smallest de talk station of course talking 128 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:12.240 to I heard me the aviation next work Jay Rattlift. 129 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:17.199 We interrupt this aviation report to announce that Alexander aka 130 00:06:17.399 --> 00:06:20.680 pg sitting Feld y'all know him, Formerson Saint Council number, 131 00:06:21.560 --> 00:06:25.360 sent sixteen months for bribery and attempted extortion, has been 132 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:31.519 pardoned by Donald Trump. You gotta pardon. It's amazing, isn't it. Anyhow? 133 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:34.360 Not sure who pg current favors within the Trump administration, 134 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:36.600 but he's on a list along with a handful of 135 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:40.759 others who just received pardons. Anyway, back to Jake all right, 136 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:48.040 Joe Jack RATTLFT so Southwest woke up and realized it 137 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:51.360 was missing out on a fat bank money making opportunities 138 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:52.360 charging for bags. 139 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:57.279 Now, let's see your your competitors are making like seven 140 00:06:57.639 --> 00:06:59.120 hundred million anymore. 141 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:00.439 In check bag fees. 142 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:05.680 You're making fifty million because yeah, the bags fly free, 143 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:09.319 but only the first two and anything after that there. 144 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:10.240 Was a bag fee four. 145 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:16.360 But you had investors that were not entirely pleased as 146 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:19.279 the decades rolled on that. Look, we're making less and 147 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:23.040 less money, and these other airlines, simply in the case 148 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:28.199 of doing business, are absolutely smoking us on these ancillary fairs. 149 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:32.360 And of course, for Southwest it was a you know, 150 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:35.240 it was a marketing theme and it was a great one. 151 00:07:35.279 --> 00:07:38.839 You know, bags fly free. Anyone that flew Southwest knew 152 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:41.199 that that was the case. But one of the things 153 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:43.959 that you look at with all of this is, you know, 154 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:46.040 how are they going to roll it? Out, how much 155 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:48.240 was it going to be, et cetera. And what ended 156 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:51.600 up taking place was that Southwest came out as of 157 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:54.639 yesterday thirty five dollars for the first bag, forty for 158 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:57.680 the second and if you have a one of the 159 00:07:57.759 --> 00:07:59.000 Premium Choice. 160 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:02.160 Tickets you get to two bags free. If you have their. 161 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:07.079 Rapid the credit card, they're tied in the Frequent Flyer program, 162 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:07.639 you get one. 163 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:08.240 Bag for free. 164 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:12.439 So it's certainly a change at Southwest, but Brian, it 165 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:14.480 was in need of change, and I know that the 166 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:17.800 customers were quite upset about it. At least some of them, 167 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:21.439 and others understood, Look, it's just the matter of business 168 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:24.319 and they have to do it. But when you look 169 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:25.800 at it, they've. 170 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:27.040 Had issues with these wheelchairs. 171 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:29.839 We talk about people boarding because it's all open seating, 172 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:33.159 and you have thirty forty wheelchairs of people boarding just 173 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:35.320 to get on early because it's open seating, to get 174 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:38.720 the better seats. When they go to assigned seats later 175 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:41.399 this year or early next year, all of that's gonna 176 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:43.279 go away. It's going to make the boarding process of 177 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:46.320 Southwest much better. Then are going to have assigned seats. 178 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:48.679 They're going to give you the opportunity to pay more 179 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:51.200 for premium seats, which I love, Thank you for that, 180 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:53.799 where you might have extra leg room and this and that, 181 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:56.879 and yeah, you're gonna have to pay for the bag fees. 182 00:08:57.000 --> 00:08:59.240 So it's going to be an issue, but you know, 183 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:04.039 all it's gonna do is add to the mess. Though 184 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:06.960 at the gate, from the standpoint of people saying, I 185 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:09.720 know I can get this steamer trunk in my overhead 186 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:12.679 storage compartment, so I'm gonna try to carry this bad 187 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:13.600 boy on because you. 188 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:15.360 Know, we're only being charge for check. 189 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:18.679 Bags at this point in time, so you know, it's 190 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:22.279 not gonna be something that's gonna completely make things better. 191 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:25.559 But Southwest, from a business standpoint, Brian, they're doing what 192 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:27.039 they have to do to compete. 193 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:29.000 I was a little surprised. 194 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:32.440 I thought they might say, look, we've never charged this way, 195 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:36.679 we're gonna come out with a smaller bag fee, exactly 196 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:40.159 work your way, just kind of let's ease into that 197 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:43.600 cold water. They ripped that band aid off big time 198 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:45.759 and said we're gonna do what everybody else is doing, 199 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:48.360 and that's that's what they've done. So you know, if 200 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:50.440 I'm Southwest, I would have came out and said, look, 201 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:53.480 we could charge for carry on bags. We're not gonna 202 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:55.279 do that, but we're forced to do this. It's a 203 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:57.440 lot like years ago when fuel prices were going through 204 00:09:57.480 --> 00:10:00.279 the roof. Airlines came out and said, gosh, we we're 205 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:02.679 so sorry, we have to have a fuel surcharge. And 206 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:06.159 of course we were all paying incredibly high gas prices, 207 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:09.480 so we understood. But of course when gas prices dropped, 208 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:13.759 did those surcharges? No? Wait no, not a bit like 209 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:17.000 a temporary tax in DC. Stupid if we ever believed 210 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:19.960 that word. So it's the same sort of situation here 211 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:22.440 in Southwest is making the right kinds of calls. 212 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:26.559 Yeah, I too was surprised by the size of the fee. 213 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:29.559 You know, they could have just made a lot of money. 214 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:31.000 The fee could have been lower, and they could have 215 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:33.759 distinguished themselves from the other carriers by saying, hey, yes 216 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:36.200 we have to charge for bags, but we're not going 217 00:10:36.279 --> 00:10:37.960 to charge as much as the other guys. So there's 218 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:40.519 an advantage to flying Southwest. So now they just have 219 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:43.480 to rely on the price that the ticket price advantage. 220 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:46.039 And probably one of the things real quick that's forcing 221 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:47.639 a lot of this is the fact that we have 222 00:10:47.679 --> 00:10:50.480 a lot of low cost carriers. Now, after the Deregulation 223 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:52.639 Act of nineteen seventy eight, we started to have a 224 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:55.399 lot of these you know, air Floorida and all these 225 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:57.480 other national areas we live at a lot of these 226 00:10:57.559 --> 00:10:59.600 low cost carriers at the time, but they would be 227 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:03.200 here today, gone tomorrow type of thing, and that competition 228 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:06.919 really kept the airfares lower. But now we've got this 229 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:10.480 influx of a lot of really strong low cost carriers 230 00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:14.039 like Allegiant, in Front Tier and many many others, and 231 00:11:14.080 --> 00:11:16.720 it's really causing Southwest to compete in ways that they've 232 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:19.159 never had to do before. So that's why we're seeing 233 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:23.840 them drop certain routes where if they're not making enough profit, 234 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:27.559 they're simply going to say we're gonna drop this and 235 00:11:27.600 --> 00:11:30.840 go somewhere else. Even if that plane is full, they 236 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:33.399 might take that aircraft and crew to another market where 237 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:36.039 seventy five percent of the aircraft being full they make 238 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:39.279 money on and that anything beyond that's even better. So 239 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:42.600 Southwest is starting to pivot a lot more like other 240 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:45.360 airlines have been doing of late. They're certainly late to 241 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:48.399 the party, but if there's any company that can can 242 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:51.279 figure this out and turn things around in the right way. 243 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:52.240 It's gonna be Southwest. 244 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:54.919 It's gonna be interesting to see as this progresses, just 245 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:56.559 how well Southwest can respond. 246 00:11:56.799 --> 00:11:59.559 All right, well, coming up, I guess Airbus joining the 247 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:03.240 Boeing problems or at least having problems, and Delta had 248 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:06.159 a bit of a unique situation having to divert a 249 00:12:06.200 --> 00:12:08.399 flight that with Jay Rye Love one more segments, Hey, 250 00:12:08.440 --> 00:12:10.639 forty five fifty five KCIT detalk station, be right back 251 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:14.960 fifty five KRC the talk station. Have you taken your fit? 252 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:18.559 One more time for the Channel nine weather, sunny day 253 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:20.600 to day highest seventy five, got rain shown up over 254 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:23.360 nine down to fifty seven. Sticking around that rain is tomorrow, 255 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:26.279 maybe a few heavy storms seventy for the high over 256 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:29.039 night little fifty eight with more rain partly sunny Saturday 257 00:12:29.200 --> 00:12:32.039 high seventy five, sixty two degrees. Right now, Time for final. 258 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:35.840 Traffic from the UCL Traffic Center. You see healthy O fine, 259 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:39.519 comprehensive care. That's so personal and make sure best tomorrow possible. 260 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:42.919 That's boundless care for better outcomes. Expect more at you 261 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:46.720 see health dot com. Northbound seventy five continues to run 262 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:48.840 a bit slow between Dixie and Cos. But they clear 263 00:12:48.919 --> 00:12:51.720 the accident that was on the right shoulder South Pound 264 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:54.639 seventy five break lights out of lock on and passed 265 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:57.320 are broken down in the cut. That's a broken down 266 00:12:57.360 --> 00:13:00.639 pickup truck. Pull any camp Chuck ingram On fifty five 267 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:04.519 kars The talk station, Hey. 268 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:09.519 Forty eight five kars The talk station Happy Thursday, Tech 269 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:11.759 Friday with Dave Hatter every Friday at six thirty. Love 270 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:14.039 that segment. Also love the segments I had with Jay Rattle. 271 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:16.519 If I heard me avdation expert and pivoting over to 272 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:19.759 Delva Delta. Why did they have to divert a flight? 273 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:23.600 It's described here on my rundown as a rather unique situation. 274 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:25.519 Jay, Well, I don't want to I don't want to 275 00:13:25.559 --> 00:13:29.679 tell you everything, so but you can enjoy this story, 276 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:32.720 mister kerr Ball. But yeah, this is a Delta flight 277 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:35.919 from Detroit to Los Angeles this week had to divert 278 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:38.600 to Minneapolis. They had a medical emergency on board. The 279 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:43.960 aircraft wasn't a passenger to a dog. A dog. A 280 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:46.879 dog A dog was traveling with a pastor became sick. 281 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:48.960 They had a vetering area on board the flight that 282 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:52.799 they were able to locate, came to the dog and said, hey, 283 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:56.799 we've got a serious situation here. Delta diverted the flight 284 00:13:57.200 --> 00:14:02.600 to Minneapolis, landed, They had a ground crew waiting medical 285 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:04.919 personnel for the dog, and took the dog in its 286 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:08.679 owner off the aircraft when it landed. Now, for those 287 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:11.159 that are not animal lovers, and I certainly am one, 288 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:13.960 they would look at this and say Delta did what. 289 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:18.399 But I'm sorry. If Delta does something stupid, I'm going 290 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:21.120 to be all over them. I am very, very pleased 291 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:23.440 with this. I thought it was a great thing to do, 292 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:26.600 and yeah, Delta did that tend. 293 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:29.559 At great expense, I might add. 294 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:32.679 Yeah, certainly inconvenience of the passengers on board of the airplane. 295 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:35.559 But Brian, I don't know. I've been doing this thirty 296 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:38.039 three years. I don't think I've ever had a dog 297 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:41.000 diversion story, and in this day and age where airlines 298 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:45.679 could care less, I'm shocked is probably the better word 299 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:48.360 for it. But I'm incredibly proud of Delta Airlines for 300 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:48.799 doing this. 301 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:51.360 How about that? I wonder what the reaction from the 302 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:53.639 passengers was. Knowing that they were going to be diverted. 303 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:56.080 You would know immediately who was a pet lover and 304 00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:57.960 who was And you've got a feel for the business 305 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:00.559 traveler met a man or woman that's on their way 306 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:02.840 to the biggest deal of their life. They're getting psyched up, 307 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:05.399 they're going over their notes, they've got everything going for 308 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:06.720 their presentation. 309 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:11.039 And we're diverting for a dog. Yeah. I could see 310 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:12.440 it both ways, but I'm sorry. 311 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:15.279 The side of the fence I'm on is uh, you know, 312 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:19.080 because for a lot of these individuals that travel with pets, 313 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:24.120 it's from anxiety, and for some it's to replace a 314 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:27.159 loss in their life where they may have had a 315 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:30.360 spouse that they lost or a child and they had 316 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:32.759 this animal to kind of help fill a little bit 317 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:35.320 of that that huge hole. And if something were to 318 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:37.720 happen to that animal, yeah, it could have a, you know, 319 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:42.559 just a profound impact on that particular individual. So the 320 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:45.200 fact that Delta was this responsive, even though they've left 321 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:47.000 me at the gate before and left early and really 322 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:47.639 takes me off. 323 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:51.200 I think I'm over that yet, Brian. 324 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:51.879 No, I'm not. 325 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:52.879 I am not. 326 00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:55.840 This took a little bit of the sting out of 327 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:57.000 that prior. 328 00:15:57.440 --> 00:15:59.120 And that's again I looked at. 329 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:04.960 Delta tick the shearing oilef when they bumped us out 330 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:08.440 of first class. We had tickets confirmed and they booted 331 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:10.559 us out, saying I'm sorry, we overbooked the flight, and 332 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:13.600 I'm like, excuse me, I know better you don't overbook 333 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.240 first class. 334 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:15.360 Oh no, we we. 335 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:17.399 Had to do it because you bought your ticket on 336 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:20.720 a third party site. No again, bought it at Delta 337 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:22.639 dot com. But I was so ticked those number of 338 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:25.200 years ago. That's when I got on the big crusade up. Hey, 339 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:28.919 you've got to complaint dot dot gov. And I went 340 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:33.039 nuts for years because look, you know it just it 341 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:36.399 just frustrates me when I see airlines doing antics, when 342 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:39.440 they're lying to passengers and really not really being held accountable. 343 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:41.879 And that's why I had no problem at all making 344 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:44.399 sure that anybody on any carrier has an issue. 345 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:46.799 Currenter pass do ot dot gov. 346 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:50.399 Fair enough and real quick. Here do we know if 347 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:51.960 the dog's okay? Did it make it? 348 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:55.840 I've not gotten the post report yet from Delta, but 349 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:58.879 we have asked. We'll have to wait and see next week, 350 00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:01.799 because I know we have a dog update next week. 351 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:05.000 Yes, sir, the dog lovers out there, including myself, of course, you. 352 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:06.799 Have got some pretty dogs. 353 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:10.759 Huge fan of dogs anyway. Air Bus joining the joining 354 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:13.799 Boeing with problems with delivery, although of a different sort. 355 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:17.160 Yeah, they've got a supply chain issue. They also have 356 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:19.880 a parts and labor issue. But the supply chain issues 357 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:21.960 just kind of been a thorn in their side. You 358 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:25.839 wouldn't know it, Brian. Last year Airbus delivered eight hundred 359 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:28.279 and twenty airplanes. Now that's when they get paid when 360 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:30.519 they turn the keys, if you will over to the airline. 361 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:33.960 Eight hundred and twenty. Last year Boeing three hundred and fifty. 362 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:37.119 So air Bus is kind of kicking Boeing's butt right 363 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:40.680 now and will continue to do so, and they want 364 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:42.960 to do more of it, but they have the supply 365 00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:45.680 chain issues, the parts issues, and some of the labor 366 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:48.559 issues that's slowing them down to where they came out 367 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:51.400 yesterday saying, look some of these issues, we could see 368 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:54.720 a three year delay on some of our deliveries. So 369 00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:57.839 it gives Boeing kind of that chance to try to 370 00:17:57.839 --> 00:17:59.640 make up some of the ground. But looks lasting you 371 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:02.720 and I will is Boeing getting in a hurry doing anything, 372 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:05.000 because that's when they tend to cut corners and make 373 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:06.480 some really stupid decisions. 374 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:09.680 So yeah, I understand that, but I still just am 375 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:11.720 reeling over the reality that Boeing hasn't been able to 376 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:15.599 deliver on a presidential airline for what an order that 377 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:18.200 was placed fifteen some odd years ago. That just seems 378 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:18.720 so hard to. 379 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:21.160 Fath I mean by two presidents. 380 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:24.480 Who presidents ago. Yeah, yep, yeah, it doesn't give you 381 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.440 a lot of faith in bone. 382 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:28.359 Remember what President Trump did. He said, I'll give you 383 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:31.200 a bargain, well, buy two at a negotiated rate. Boeing 384 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:34.640 locked it in and Boeing is losing so much money 385 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:37.920 on that. President Trump saved taxpayers a ton of money 386 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:40.160 with that call, because he knows what he's doing when 387 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:41.200 it comes to making a deal. 388 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:44.680 Maybe that's why they're dragging their feet. Anyhow, let's move on. 389 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:46.680 We always close out with hub delays. How's it looking 390 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:48.559 out there for air travel today, Jay Ratliffe. 391 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:51.599 All week long, the Northeast has been an absolute mess. 392 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:54.359 But in honor of our conversation and all your curve balls, 393 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:56.799 today's going to be a really good day in the Northeast. However, 394 00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:59.240 issues in Atlanta and Charlotte are going to make up 395 00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:01.960 for it. Big time DeLay's going through Atlantis. If you're 396 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:04.440 connecting through either of those two hubs, show up early 397 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:06.559 at the airport because we're gonna have some issues there, 398 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:08.839 but other than that, rest of the country is gonna 399 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:09.799 be in very good shape today. 400 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:12.039 Always a pleasure you're talking with the Jay Ratliffe. I 401 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:13.960