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Aviation news with dry operational precision.
AvTalk tracks aviation news with the pace of people who know the machinery and the business behind it. Ian Petchenik and Jason Rabinowitz move from runway incidents and airline integration to seatback screens, cargo strategy, and aircraft jokes without losing the operational thread.
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AvTalk is an aviation news and analysis show built around people who can turn a stray aircraft joke into a serious operating point. Ian Petchenik and Jason Rabinowitz keep the pace brisk, but the show is not shallow. It moves through airlines, airports, aircraft types, safety reports, cabin systems, airline strategy, and the strange vocabulary that makes aviation feel like its own weather system. The show likes a dry opening. An A340 joke may lead into fleet planning. A registration gag may lead into airline integration. A travel anecdote may become a route into how the business actually works. That looseness gives the panel room, but the analysis keeps returning to specifics. Seatback entertainment is not just passenger comfort; it is processors, graphics hardware, modular monitor architecture, and the practical problem of upgrading many installed screens. Airline integration is not just brand changes; it is operating certificates, reservation systems, regulators, and the hard parts still waiting after the announcement. Safety coverage is handled with a more sober edge. When the episodes discuss runway excursions, emergency landings, aircraft damage, or the Azerbaijan Airlines E-190 crash in Aktau, the mood tightens around evidence, language, responsibility, and consequences. The show can be funny in the same hour that it is grave. That is part of its identity. It trusts listeners to follow acronyms, aircraft families, airline subsidiaries, and maintenance details, while still explaining enough of the machinery to keep the conversation open. Guests broaden the week’s agenda rather than replacing it. Seth Miller joins from the Aircraft Interior Expo for cabin technology and passenger-experience hardware. Alishka Hill brings air cargo into view through Air Partner’s changing business. Max from Airplane Facts connects aircraft maintenance with a niche built around unexpected comparisons. Across recent episodes, AvTalk tracks Alaska and Hawaiian integration, Southwest’s pressure from Elliott Investment Management, Boeing strike uncertainty, Nordic airline experiments, LaGuardia ground damage, Frontier maintenance reporting, and aviation culture’s persistent absurdity. It is measured, dry, and highly inside-baseball. The appeal is not glamour. It is the pleasure of hearing complicated aviation news sorted by people who know where the hidden bolts are.
Made for: For aviation enthusiasts, frequent flyers, industry watchers, and anyone curious about how airlines, aircraft, airports, and safety systems actually work. It best suits listeners who enjoy specifics rather than glossy travel chatter.
What sets it apart: AvTalk blends panel chemistry with unusually concrete aviation literacy. It can make cabin hardware, operating certificates, cargo strategy, and incident reporting feel connected without sanding off the technical edges.
An aviation podcast by aviation geeks for anyone who looks up when they hear an airplane fly overhead. Listen in as Ian Petchenik and Jason Rabinowitz bring you aviation news, views, and special guests every Friday. If you're a new avgeek or just can't get enough aviation in your life, get your avgeek fix with us.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It makes airline operations legible by connecting aircraft, regulation and passenger experience to the decisions behind each aviation headline.
AvTalk - Aviation Podcast turns aviation news into a technically alert conversation between Ian Petchenik and Jason Rabinowitz. Crashes and regulatory action receive careful treatment, while airline strategy is traced through grounded aircraft, fuel constraints, fleet…
Airline chaos gets the forensic treatment, with you happily learning why the seatback screen lags.
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A dry, exacting look at cabin hardware, expo noise, and why modular upgrades matter.
AvTalk uses its Hamburg stop to look past the expo floor and toward the hardware that helps a cabin feel current instead of dated. The conversation covers American Airlines' 100th anniversary, the Aircraft Interior Expo, and modular inflight screens, with Seth Miller bringing…
A focused A340-600 episode with enough airline history to give it weight.
AvTalk's episode 346 spends most of its time on the A340-600, after a brief Washington update on the FAA's withdrawal of its cancellation order at the Focus 40 airports.
A brisk aviation news hour that treats disruption as an operational problem, not a spectacle.
Episode 363 keeps one foot in a United Airlines stop in Los Angeles and the other in the LaGuardia collision between a CRJ 900 and an airport rescue firefighting truck.
A Chicago storm and an Indigo CEO exit anchor a clear, operations-first episode.
AvTalk spends most of its time on a Chicago storm and the way it pushed aviation into awkward but familiar routines. O'Hare delays, holding patterns far from the weather, and flights edging through bands that reached into Canada give the episode its shape.
A brisk airline-news roundtable that makes operational minutiae feel worth tracking.
This episode treats airline news as a chain of operational consequences, not a stack of headlines. Southwest's new boarding setup gets a firsthand reaction, AirBaltic's A220 fleet update includes one aircraft written off after a maintenance fire, and the 787 is back under…
Safety standards meet real-world emergencies.
Professional conversations on safer, smarter mobility.
Tolling, plate cameras and road data, with TTI's editors.
Underground delivery to rooftop landing pads, as executives see it
This segment introduces a retrospective episode of AvTalk focusing on favorite conversations from 2025, starting with a discussion about Alishka Hill's role in the air cargo industry at Air Partner.
The episode discusses an FAA airspace closure in El Paso, Texas, due to an unspecified incident, highlighting aviation safety concerns.
The hosts discuss their locations, with Ian in snowy Stockholm for work and Jason in cold New York, while mentioning travel plans and a new team member.
The hosts introduce the first episode of 2026, discussing their time off and highlighting Santa's record-breaking 33 million trackings on Flight Raider 24 compared to previous records.
The hosts discuss their recording schedule and upcoming topics including Boeing and Airbus's 2025 order and delivery wrap-up, business news, and Delta's announcements.
The hosts discuss Jason's recent travels to South Korea and Japan, including jet lag and a business class upgrade on American Airlines.
The hosts discuss episode 358 of AvTalk, focusing on the A350-800, recent travel experiences including flights to Newark and St.
The hosts discuss recent snow impacts on airports and introduce an NTSB hearing on a midair collision between a CRJ-700 and a Blackhawk helicopter.
This segment introduces episode 350 of AvTalk, discussing its significance related to the A350 and historical aviation events on December 17th, including the first flight and the DC-3.
This episode of AvTalk introduces Daniel Gustafsson, a new member of Flightradar24's content team, who shares his background as a journalist, PR professional, and airline pilot.
The hosts introduce the episode and discuss a U.S.
This episode segment discusses the shutdown of Middle East airspace following coordinated US and Israeli attacks on Iran and subsequent Iranian responses.
The hosts introduce episode 359, discuss Airbus hinting at a possible stretched A350 variant, and briefly mention upcoming topics including engine updates and a recent blizzard.
This episode segment discusses recent aviation accidents, focusing on the UPS MD-11 crash, a United 737-8 MAX incident with a weather balloon, and a Cargo Air Act 747 runway excursion, based on preliminary reports and expert analysis.
AvTalk episode 363 opens on a Tuesday again.
AvTalk 362 opens with travel.
This episode of AvTalk discusses the A340 aircraft series, including debates on the best model, and covers news about the U.S.
This episode of AvTalk covers the crash of UPS flight 2976, an MD-11 freighter that experienced engine failure shortly after takeoff from Louisville, striking a warehouse.
Chicago gets fake summer, then snow.
This episode of AvTalk focuses on the A340-600 aircraft, featuring an interview with expert John Walton, and covers recent FAA news about airport cancellations.
AvTalk hosts Ian Pechnik and Jason Rabinowitz return with reports on a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 tailstrike and runway overrun in Germany that injured no passengers but heavily damaged the aircraft.
Goodyear blimp chief pilot Michael Dougherty tells AvTalk hosts Ian Petchenik and Jason Urbenowitz that roughly 25 people worldwide fly airships full-time, with 13 at Goodyear.
Hamburg is wearing them down.
This episode of AvTalk discusses aviation news, including aircraft registration trivia and the Alaska Air Group's integration with Hawaiian Airlines under a single operating certificate.
The hosts discuss recording in an unusual location and introduce news about an Air Act 747-400 veering off a runway.
This episode discusses Russian President Vladimir Putin's surprising acknowledgment of responsibility for damaging an Azerbaijan Airlines E-190 that crashed in Kazakhstan, with analysis of the incident and its implications.
This episode of AvTalk discusses aviation news, including the Airbus A340 family and a recent incident involving a Delta Connection CRJ 900 at LaGuardia Airport.
This episode of AvTalk discusses aviation news, including the unpopular Airbus A330-800neo, an upcoming interview about air cargo with Air Partner's Senior Vice President, and recent developments involving Icelandair and Nordic airlines.
This episode features an interview with Max from Airplane Facts, discussing aircraft mechanics, Tolkien comparisons, and aviation news including the Boeing strike and an NTSB report on a Frontier emergency landing.
This episode discusses Southwest Airlines' upcoming Investor Day and its strategic response to Elliott Investment Management's potential takeover attempt.
The hosts discuss recent aviation events in LA, including Dorkfest and Spot LAX, highlighting community turnout and personal anecdotes.
This episode of AvTalk discusses recent aviation news, including a collision between a Delta A330 and a CRJ900 in Atlanta and upcoming Boeing labor agreement developments.