Experience 010 Show Notes. Who are we? Some background history about your hosts. The Seat 1A Podcast.
Release Date: 01/24/2019
Recorded 06 January 2019
Written by: Geoff Dahl & Vinod Viswalingam
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In celebration of our 10th episode experience, we want to share where we're coming from in terms of travel and aviation. We're sharing stories right from childhood about crazy things we've done, positions we've worked and fill in the blanks for our listeners.
Vinny shares how he was already in an aircraft travelling globally at a very young age and his boyhood wonder of jet travel staring at an Air Canada (AC) L-1011 at the terminal window.
Geoff shares his experiences crossing Canada with Canadian Pacific (CP) and AC as a child and watching final approaches of numerous planes in his backyard.
Geoff and Vinny met up in university in Edmonton, Canada. A big shout out to the global student association AIESEC – which provided both our hosts a chance to expand their global experience.
Geoff gained valuable insight into the world standards for shipping infectious substances by air.
Vinny had a unique project with passenger movement at YEG security before and after 9/11.
Geoff shares his experience on the ramp as a ground handler – and even a presidential interruption of his work at YYC.
Vinny shares his incredible story of doing manual check-ins at YEG – make sure you don't lose that seat sticker! There was a time that a charter flight engine literally froze up at -50C!
Vinny then moved to YYC – with British Airways (BA).
Vinny gained further experience on the other side of the door as a flight attendant.
How a flight delay in DEN led to the development of Seat 1A.
News Items – the passing of Herb Kelleher from Southwest (WN).
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SELECTED LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE EXPERIENCE
- Tokyo Narita International Airport (NRT)
- Subang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB - former KUL until 1998)
- Vancouver International Airport (YVR)
- Pacific Western Airlines (PW - ceased operations 1987) (Wikipedia)
- Boeing 737-200 (b737.org.uk)
- Edmonton City Centre Airport (YXD closed 2013)
- Edmonton International Airport (YEG)
- London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
- Air Canada (AC)
- Lockheed L-1011 500 TriStar (airliners.net)
- CP Air (CP - ceased operations 1987) (Wikipedia)
- Calgary International Airport (YYC)
- Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)
- Boeing 767-200 (airliners.net)
- Charlottetown Airport (YYG)
- Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)
- Spokane International Airport (GEG)
- University of Alberta
- AIESEC
- Lufthansa (LH)
- What happened to Terminal 2 at Pearson Airport? (blogTO | November 2018)
- Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
- Harare Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (HRE) (Wikipedia)
- Johannesburg O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)
- IATA Division 6.2—Infectious Substances (PDF)
- Frankfurt Solari split-flap display (youtube.com | 11 March 2018)
- Edmonton International Airport Corporate Information
- Boeing 737-300 (airliners.net)
- Boeing 737-700 (airliners.net)
- Boeing 737-800 (airliners.net)
- Royal Air Force Brize Norton (BZZ)
- Swissport
- Skyservice (5G - ceased operations 2010) (Wikipedia)
- Boeing 757 (airliners.net)
- Cancún International Airport (CUN)
- Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ)
- Martinair (MP) (passenger service ended 2011)
- Air Transat (TS)
- America West Airlines (HP - ceased operations 2005) (Wikipedia)
- Zoom Airlines (Z4 - ceased operations 2008) (Wikipedia)
- MyTravel Airways (VZ - ceased operations 2008) (Wikipedia)
- Thomas Cook Airlines (MT)
- JetsGo (SG - ceased operations 2005) (Wikipedia)
- Harmony Airways (HQ - ceased operations 2007) (Wikipedia)
- Servisair/GlobeGround/Penauille Servisair (defunct 2013) (Wikipedia)
- Royal Netherlands Air Force
- Mexicana de Aviación (MX - ceased operations 2010) (Wikipedia)
- British Airways (BA)
- Sunwing Airlines (WG)
- WestJet (WS)
- Denver International Airport (DEN)
- Boryspil International Airport (KBP)
NEWS ITEMS
dallasnews.com | Southwest Airlines' legendary co-founder Herb Kelleher dies at 87 (03 January 2019)
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/southwest-airlines/2019/01/03/southwest-airlines-legendary-co-founder-herb-kelleher-dies-87
"...Kelleher, the legendarily colorful co-founder and longtime executive who embodied the spirit of the Dallas-based airline, died Thursday [03 January 2019]. He was 87..."
- Southwest Airlines (WN)
PODCAST CORRECTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS, CONFIRMATIONS
- Our experience about baggage was in 004 (click here for show notes and audio)
PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Herb Kelleher (Wikipedia)
SHOW NOTES
- Show introduction [00:00:48]
- Vinny's childhood introduction to flying [00:02:03]
- Geoff's childhood flying memories [00:04:40]
- Geoff & Vinny meet at university - the AIESEC connection [00:09:30]
- Vinny and his aviation-related university project [00:14:19]
- Geoff's ground handling experience - you'll never guess who interrupted his work [00:17:05]
- Vinny got experience at check-in - even manual check-in! [00:24:46]
- Vinny moves to the life inside the plane [00:39:26]
- A delay at DEN - or how did Seat 1A come about? [00:40:46]
- News Item - Passing of Herb Kelleher [00:47:59]
- Wrap-up [00:48:48]