Ian Petchenik
@petchmo.bsky.social
Communications @flightradar24.com, co-host AvTalk podcast.
It's the punctuation that gets me.
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It's the punctuation that gets me.
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On this week’s AvTalk, flight cuts and ATC staffing problems in the US, updates on the UPS crash in Louisville and the grounding of MD-11s, and a startling report from the ATSB on two flights in Melbourne passing just meters over construction workers.
www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
On this week’s AvTalk, flight cuts and ATC staffing problems in the US, updates on the UPS crash in Louisville and the grounding of MD-11s, and a startling report from the ATSB on two flights in Melbourne passing just meters over construction workers.
www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
Wait, what?
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby went on Katie Miller’s podcast — that’s Stephen Miller’s wife — to talk about flight operations.
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Wait, what?
Here's the ORD NOTAM:
!ORD 11/398 ORD AD AP CLSD TO GA ACFT, NON SKED ACFT, EXC BASED ACFT, EMERG, MEDICAL, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTING, MIL OPS, OR UNLESS AUTH BY ATCSCC AT 540-422-4100/4101. THIS NOTAM MAY BE CANCELED EARLIER OR EXTENDED AS OPERATIONAL NEEDS REQUIRE. 2511100500-2512312359
!ORD 11/398 ORD AD AP CLSD TO GA ACFT, NON SKED ACFT, EXC BASED ACFT, EMERG, MEDICAL, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTING, MIL OPS, OR UNLESS AUTH BY ATCSCC AT 540-422-4100/4101. THIS NOTAM MAY BE CANCELED EARLIER OR EXTENDED AS OPERATIONAL NEEDS REQUIRE. 2511100500-2512312359
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Here's the ORD NOTAM:
!ORD 11/398 ORD AD AP CLSD TO GA ACFT, NON SKED ACFT, EXC BASED ACFT, EMERG, MEDICAL, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTING, MIL OPS, OR UNLESS AUTH BY ATCSCC AT 540-422-4100/4101. THIS NOTAM MAY BE CANCELED EARLIER OR EXTENDED AS OPERATIONAL NEEDS REQUIRE. 2511100500-2512312359
!ORD 11/398 ORD AD AP CLSD TO GA ACFT, NON SKED ACFT, EXC BASED ACFT, EMERG, MEDICAL, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTING, MIL OPS, OR UNLESS AUTH BY ATCSCC AT 540-422-4100/4101. THIS NOTAM MAY BE CANCELED EARLIER OR EXTENDED AS OPERATIONAL NEEDS REQUIRE. 2511100500-2512312359
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"We spoke with nine C-level U.S. airline executives and senior officials across six U.S. carriers for this story. They expressed varying degrees of skepticism, but none felt the cuts were without some level of political interference."
With little recourse, U.S. airline leaders skeptical of DOT flight cut justification theaircurrent.com/airlines/air... (via @willguisbond.com & @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent
With little recourse, U.S. airline leaders skeptical of DOT flight cut justification
Concern about political motivation fills the void left by lack of FAA data
theaircurrent.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"We spoke with nine C-level U.S. airline executives and senior officials across six U.S. carriers for this story. They expressed varying degrees of skepticism, but none felt the cuts were without some level of political interference."
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On this week’s AvTalk: what we know about the crash of UPS flight 2976 so far, the US’ move to limit flights at major airports, and a Brazilian lawmaker’s proposal to eliminate bag and seat fees. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
On this week’s AvTalk: what we know about the crash of UPS flight 2976 so far, the US’ move to limit flights at major airports, and a Brazilian lawmaker’s proposal to eliminate bag and seat fees. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
This is quite the statement from Orlando Airport.
“Not received official notification from the FAA...”
“Not received official notification from the FAA...”
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is quite the statement from Orlando Airport.
“Not received official notification from the FAA...”
“Not received official notification from the FAA...”
Not for nothing, but has anyone asked the air traffic controllers if this plan makes sense to them as a way to reduce their load?
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Not for nothing, but has anyone asked the air traffic controllers if this plan makes sense to them as a way to reduce their load?
What could possibly go wrong?
November 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
What could possibly go wrong?
We’re talking more than 5,000 flights here.
BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Transportation announces it will reduce scheduled airspace capacity by 10% starting Friday morning if the government shutdown has not ended, citing "growing pressure" in the NAS as controllers and other personnel continue to go unpaid. Developing story.
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We’re talking more than 5,000 flights here.
It was an honor to speak with Katherine, she is doing incredible, hard work and it’s great to see the success she and Elevate(her) are having at broadening the idea of who can have a career in aviation and helping them succeed.
@petchmo.bsky.social Great interview with Katherine Moloney on Ep. 343 (www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...). Solid questions and super informative. The industry has a long way to go. #avtalk #aviation
AvTalk Episode 343: It’s a retention issue | Flightradar24 Blog
We chat with Katherine Moloney, founder of Elevate(her) Aviation, an organization dedicated to raising the percentage of women in aviation.
www.flightradar24.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It was an honor to speak with Katherine, she is doing incredible, hard work and it’s great to see the success she and Elevate(her) are having at broadening the idea of who can have a career in aviation and helping them succeed.
Take the kids trick or treating or work another shift of unpaid overtime? Choices...
October 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Take the kids trick or treating or work another shift of unpaid overtime? Choices...
Reposted by Ian Petchenik
On this week’s AvTalk, we chat with Katherine Moloney, pilot and founder of Elevate(her) Aviation—a group dedicated to improving the percentage of women in jobs across the aviation industry. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
October 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
On this week’s AvTalk, we chat with Katherine Moloney, pilot and founder of Elevate(her) Aviation—a group dedicated to improving the percentage of women in jobs across the aviation industry. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
And you get to work with some great people. But planes, mostly planes.
POV: your next #internship comes with aircraft outside your window.
Join the #Airbus #SocialMedia team in Toulouse as our next Creative #VideoEditor intern!
Apply here: ag.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Airbus...
#stage #Praktikum #prácticas #estagio #videoediting #contentcreation #contentcreator
Join the #Airbus #SocialMedia team in Toulouse as our next Creative #VideoEditor intern!
Apply here: ag.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Airbus...
#stage #Praktikum #prácticas #estagio #videoediting #contentcreation #contentcreator
October 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
And you get to work with some great people. But planes, mostly planes.
Let’s hope the the 49ers can run through the gap against the Texans as well as this United crew, amirite?
*I don’t actually care who wins, I just felt morally obligated as a dad to make this joke.
*I don’t actually care who wins, I just felt morally obligated as a dad to make this joke.
October 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Let’s hope the the 49ers can run through the gap against the Texans as well as this United crew, amirite?
*I don’t actually care who wins, I just felt morally obligated as a dad to make this joke.
*I don’t actually care who wins, I just felt morally obligated as a dad to make this joke.
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On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we discuss two statistically improbable events — an airACT 747 veered off the runway and struck a vehicle before ending up in the sea and a United Airlines 737-8 MAX struck something at 36,000 feet. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
October 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, we discuss two statistically improbable events — an airACT 747 veered off the runway and struck a vehicle before ending up in the sea and a United Airlines 737-8 MAX struck something at 36,000 feet. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
Couldn't even be bothered to use an American excavator to do the demolition.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The entire White House East Wing has been demolished as Trump moves forward with ballroom construction, AP photos show.
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
October 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Couldn't even be bothered to use an American excavator to do the demolition.
Come for the discussion of hot section durability, stay for the discussion of GE Aerospace making its own proprietary dust.
How GE plans to keep the latest tech engines on the wings of A320neos and 737 MAX as airlines, frustrated by poorer than promised durability, demand “a different solution.”
Good read from @jonostrower.com at @theaircurrent.com.
Good read from @jonostrower.com at @theaircurrent.com.
GE’s quest to keep an engine on the wing where it belongs
An industry’s economics, and a willingness to embrace new technology, hinge on rebuilding the durability of GE Aerospace’s latest engines.
theaircurrent.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Come for the discussion of hot section durability, stay for the discussion of GE Aerospace making its own proprietary dust.
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Spirit Airlines “concedes that a merger or sale of the company is under consideration and active discussions are underway,” wrote JP Morgan analysts on Thursday.
October 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Spirit Airlines “concedes that a merger or sale of the company is under consideration and active discussions are underway,” wrote JP Morgan analysts on Thursday.
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On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Putin acknowledges Russia’s responsibility for the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243. American Airlines unveils its centennial livery. And Finnair’s A321 fleet is halved because the tag said Dry Clean Only. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
October 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Putin acknowledges Russia’s responsibility for the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243. American Airlines unveils its centennial livery. And Finnair’s A321 fleet is halved because the tag said Dry Clean Only. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
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buff.ly
October 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.
Overcast, damp days like today have me craving big wave season on #LakeMichigan. Gusty winds coming out of the NNE along the full fetch of the lake are capable of producing some thunderous wave action along the lakefront.
October 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.
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It’s episode 340 of AvTalk — we discuss the Endeavor Air collision in New York, focus on ATC during the government shut down, a RAT deployment on an Air India 787, and, of course, our favorite version of the A340. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
October 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It’s episode 340 of AvTalk — we discuss the Endeavor Air collision in New York, focus on ATC during the government shut down, a RAT deployment on an Air India 787, and, of course, our favorite version of the A340. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...
Bucking tradition is putting ketchup on a hot dog in Chicago not sending in another state’s national guard troops to wander around a city and state that has explicitly said, “we do not want you to do that.”
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
n.pr
October 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Bucking tradition is putting ketchup on a hot dog in Chicago not sending in another state’s national guard troops to wander around a city and state that has explicitly said, “we do not want you to do that.”