Welcome to the Bryan Air Podcast, your weekly dose of real aviation talk. No PR polish. No corporate spin. Just pilots breaking down the stories shaping the skies: airline chaos, crew culture, decision-making, flight deck leadership, and the conversations you only hear at 38,000 ft.

The pilot hiring market just shifted from emergency mode to sustainable growth—if you've been waiting for your shot, this is it. Meanwhile, the EU Parliament just voted to keep your flight delay compensation at three hours (airlines wanted four), and United's about to take delivery of more wide bodies than any US carrier since 1988. Plus: a nose wheel departure in Orlando, a wifi hotspot bomb hoax, and the fake pilot who perfected the art of the jump seat con. Are you positioned for what's coming next?

00:00 Last Week's Misstep: The ATNS Apology That Needed to Be Made

00:54 Pilot Hiring 2026: From Post-COVID Chaos to Sustainable Growth

03:51 EU Flight Delay Compensation: Why Three Hours Still Matters

05:57 5G vs. Radio Altimeters: Who Pays the $4.5 Billion Bill?

08:05 United's 20 Boeing 787s: The Biggest Wide-Body Delivery Since 1988

10:03 A321 Neo Loses Nose Wheel at Orlando—Hard Landing or Structural Failure?

12:24 "I Have a Bomb" WiFi Hotspot Forces Emergency Landing in Barcelona

13:19 ForeFlight Layoffs: What Pilot Job Cuts Mean for App Quality

15:27 Indonesian ATR 42 Crash: First Fatal Accident of 2026

17:26 Elon vs. Mark O'Leary: The Ryanair Starlink Standoff Gets Personal

20:02 Ryanair's Marketing Team Fires Back—Social Media Gold

20:25 Kaizen and the Art of Command: Decision-Making Systems They Never Taught You

21:39 US Seizes Anti-Submarine Trainers Bound from South Africa to China

23:41 Riyadh Cargo's Bold Move: 122 Wide-Bodies to Challenge the Gulf Giants

24:52 The Fake Pilot Who Perfected Jump-Seating—Lessons from Frank Abagnale Jr.

27:45 AI Video Production: Why McDonald's Experiment Took Longer Than Just Filming

29:28 Changi Airport Hits 70 Million Passengers—China's the Fastest-Growing Market

31:03 Cargo vs. Passengers: Why Flying Freight Might Be the Better Gig

32:03 UFC at the White House and Formula One Super Bru Returns

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