This special crossover episode of the Vertical MRO Podcast comes from our sister show, The Helicopter Podcast, bringing an operator-focused conversation directly to the maintenance community. Recorded at VERTICON 2026, The Helicopter Podcast host Halsey Schider sits down with Joe LaRue of Prairie Air to discuss his path through aviation and the role quality maintenance has played in building a business focused on Robinson helicopter operations and support. Joe shares why good maintenance go...

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Send us Fan Mail October is National Safe Work Month, and this year's theme — Safe work is for life — sits at the heart of this conversation. Work health and safety isn't only about the immediate hazard; it's about the long-term impact of work on a person's health, wellbeing and future. Few people have thought harder about that in an aviation context than our guest. Host William Kerr sits down with Associate Professor Matt Thomas — principal research fellow in human factors at CQUniversity's...

In our continuing series from the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow livestream, Rob sits down 1 on 1 with Audra Bohannon of WPP Legacy Warbirds and talks about their rare warbirds, what it's like on the airshow circuit and how WPP came to be. #nationlmuseumofwwiiaviation #WPPLegacywarbirds #warbirds ‪@WPPLegacywarbirds ‪@nationalwwiiaviation‬ If you would like to support the museum and "Keep 'em flying!" please consider donating to The National Museum of WWII Aviation in Colorado Spri...

Vinod returns to share a three-week family journey through Tokyo, Sapporo, and Osaka, plus more in between — and the choices along the way: fly or ride the Shinkansen, explore the airport or head into the city, and which flight is worth taking just for the aircraft.Paul and Vinod compare Air Canada, ANA, JAL, and Zipair, swapping stories about standout service, a 24-year-old JAL 767-300, and everything that make Japanese travel memorable.From observation decks to QR-codes galore, embarkation cards

Welcome to another episode of Vertical MRO Tech Talk presented by Bell. In this episode of Bell Tech Talk, Vertical MRO's David Kreutzkamp is joined by Bell customer support engineers Eric Parent and Jason Estaphan for a deep dive into common Bell 505 maintenance questions coming from the field. Eric and Jason share practical guidance on servicing the Bell 505 live mount system, hydraulic pump drive shaft and NR pickup troubleshooting, differences maintainers should know between the Garmin G...

Welcome to the Part Time Pilot Audio Ground School Podcast! This podcast was created to help student pilots learn their ground school during their busy schedules. These audio lessons were created as Dedicated Audio... meaning they are not just the audio from one of our video lessons because video audio would assume that you can see the video visuals. A dedicated audio lesson assumes you cannot see anything and therefore goes into detail with metaphors and audible descriptions of the images in our

Lying beneath the United States Naval Academy Chapel in a marble sarcophagus sits the body of John Paul Jones. Midshipmen are taught to revere him as the Father of the Navy, yet the reality behind his legend is far more complex, flawed, and politically constructed.Host Captain Tim "Lucky" Kinsella traces Jones’s journey from a humble gardener's son on the Solway Firth to an ambitious merchant master, a fugitive running from mutiny and murder charges in the Caribbean, and finally a daring Continental

In this episode, host Carl Valeri is joined by Eric Crump, Vice President of the Aerospace Center for Excellence, as he recounts a critical situation during a commercial pilot training flight. While flying at night in a Cessna 172RG high above a cloud deck, Eric and his crew smell electrical smoke in the cockpit. With no visible horizon and freezing temperatures threatening rapid ice accumulation in the cloud layer, they are forced to shut down the master switch, leaving them completely without

Season 2 Episode 20Aviation careers rarely follow a straight line. In this episode, corporate pilot and flight instructor John Niehaus shares the unexpected turns in his own aviation journey—from graduating into the 2008 financial crisis and building hours as a CFI, to flying for the airlines, charter operations, and ultimately corporate aviation. Along the way, he learned that adaptability, relationships, and a willingness to say “yes” to unexpected opportunities can matter just as much as having

Certification has a reputation for being complicated. Dario Formenti, senior systems manager - sustainable fuels, International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) thinks that's overdone, and explains why. On this week's episode of The SAF Podcast, Oscar and Dario cover why certification is far more than a stamp on paper. It underpins market access, compliance claims and the credibility SAF needs to scale. They also discuss: How ISCC handles e-SAF and RFNBOs, including its pr...

從近期飛安事故談組員執勤習慣與旅客配合的重要性 （讓別人快樂是慈悲，讓自己快樂是智慧。）

Mindy & Kevin share anonymous aviation stories! In this episode they hear how a listener bought a new to hime aircraft, it was quite tight in the cockpit so he figured a way to man-spread the controls, which ultimately led to a brief loss of control, they hear how a listener wore many hats, a line guy, CFI, and Airline pilot and each job brought fun stories to tag along, finally they hear how a pilot hit a seagull and he doesn’t think it made it. Want to submit an anonymous story to our show

Airport construction is everywhere! On this episode of Voices of Airports, we caught up with airport professionals at very different stages of their airports' construction journeys. Listen as Megan O'Connell, Assistant Director of Marketing, Communications and Guest Experience at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport; Eddie Clayson, Director of Airport Maintenance at Salt Lake City Department of Airports; and Bob Kerlik, Director of Public Affairs at Pittsburgh International Airport, share their

In this episode, your host, Captain Jason Chamberlain, talks with ACA MEC Negotiating Chair, Captain Harold Evans, about the Air Canada pilots' journey into 2027 and their next bargaining cycle. The episode explores our past, present and future and looks at the dynamic relationship between the pilots and Air Canada.

DorkFest On Location: Pacific Surfliner to San Diego, 9/11 Reflections, and a Guam Detour Lara and Tyler record from DorkFest in Los Angeles with guests Dave and longtime listener DJ, discussing meeting fellow spotters, Hyatt Globalist perks, and their day trip riding Amtrak’s state-supported Pacific Surfliner to San Diego for lunch at the Top Gun–filming Kansas City Barbecue and a Navy SEAL museum visit with friends from across the U.S. DJ shares his lifelong train and plane-spotting backgr...

What happens when you know how to do something, but pressure makes it difficult to actually do it?Certified Mental Performance Consultant Zoran Stojković has spent more than 15 years helping people perform under pressure, from professional athletes and Olympic hopefuls to RCAF pilot trainees.In Part 1, Zoran shares the path that took him from competitive tennis and high-performance sport to 2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School in Moose Jaw. He explains what surprised him about the

"Flight attendants used to be so much nicer." We have heard it all before—in this episode, we’ll actually sit with the question instead of dismissing it. The honest answer: sometimes, maybe, but being nice doesn't mean saying yes to everything, and a lot of what passengers read as rudeness is really just policy enforcement, boundary-setting, or a flight attendant who's already been ignored by 100 people that day. We get into real moments from the last few weeks—a maintenance-related reseatin...

Facing IRS problems can feel overwhelming, but having the right strategy can make all the difference.On the latest episode of Jet Setting Wealth Advisory, David T. Yu speaks with Hubert Johnson, tax attorney, lecturer, and founder of Guardian Tax Law, for an important conversation on IRS disputes, tax resolution, taxpayer rights, and protecting your financial future. Hubert shares his experience helping individuals and business owners navigate complex tax challenges, including IRS collections, SBA

Alaska Airlines President and CFO Shane Tackett joins Jon Ostrower, Brian Sumers, and Brett Snyder in front of a live audience in Seattle to talk about Alaska's media and investor day. They talk about the company's push into premium travel, its plans for 737 MAX 10 transcontinental service, free Starlink Wi-Fi, and more. Thanks to SkyGo and PlusGrade for sponsoring this week's episode.