1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: If I'm KRZ the Talk station. 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 2: Hey, twenty nine fifty have KRC the talk station. Very 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 2: Happy Friday Eve. You made extra special every Friday or 4 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 2: Friday Eve at this time anyway with iHeartMedia aviation expert 5 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 2: Jay Ratliffe, Jay, welcome back, my friend. It's always great 6 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 2: having you on the show. 7 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: Oh the highlight of my day. Brother. Let's talk to you. 8 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 2: So kind of you to say, and I've been giving 9 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,639 Speaker 2: thanks to everyone who's wished me well having the chemo treatments. 10 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 2: And actually your post on Facebook, I know you didn't 11 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,159 Speaker 2: mention me specifically, but I knew darn well who you 12 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 2: were talking about since we talked about that brought a 13 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 2: tear to my eye. All the response. You have a 14 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 2: lot of people out in the prayer community answering the 15 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 2: challenge man, that I'll give credit to you and all 16 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 2: those others who you know prayed for me in my 17 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 2: in my good health, because I'm I'm pretty much firing 18 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,599 Speaker 2: on all cylinders today after a few days of downtime. 19 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 2: So it's a small price to pay. 20 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 3: Was the six hour six hour treatment? Man, I tell 21 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 3: you that that that's got to be rough, and you've 22 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 3: been through stuff like this before, and it's you know, 23 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 3: I mean just I mean, how arrogant is it of 24 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,959 Speaker 3: us every day wake up and just take the day 25 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 3: we've been given like it's it's owed to us, it's 26 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,639 Speaker 3: it's deserved it. Yeah, I mean it's it's a daily gift. 27 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 3: And you just never know what's going to happen. So 28 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 3: many days, at the end of the day, I pray, 29 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 3: thank God, today wasn't the worst day of my life. 30 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 3: Thank God nothing happened where friends or family were suddenly 31 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 3: removed out of my life. I mean, you just just 32 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 3: when you look at life as just a daily gift 33 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 3: that I think allows us to let the small stuff 34 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 3: just kind of slide by without us getting too worked. 35 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: Up over it. 36 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 2: Beautiful philosophy, man, beautiful all right, I tell you what 37 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:35,479 Speaker 2: I'm gonna do. I'm not throwing a real curve ball 38 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 2: at you, but I am going to change the order 39 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 2: of things. Given we've got Snowmageddon coming in, and assuming 40 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 2: that we do get Snowmageddon, I'm not asking you to 41 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 2: predict exactly where the hub delays will be, but it 42 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 2: sounds to me like we're going to have some travel 43 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 2: challenges going over the weekend. 44 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: Jay I can do pretty good with that. 45 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 3: I mean, we know that this massive storm is set 46 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 3: to create a weekend to havoc across the country, and 47 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 3: we're already seeing airlines adjust their flights schedules accordingly. We're 48 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 3: looking at twenty hours of freezing rain in Dallas and 49 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 3: that's going to impact American Airlines hub that's there, so 50 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 3: we're seeing some big issues there. The mess is expected 51 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 3: in Houston and that's a United hub, so we're seeing 52 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 3: both of these airlines cancel flights in advance. And as 53 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 3: this storm spreads across the country, you know, through US 54 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 3: from Memphis through US towards the northeast, we're looking at 55 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 3: tens of thousands of flights that are going to be 56 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 3: going to be impacted as well. Airlines have issued a 57 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 3: weather waiver that's for any passenger that's traveling to or 58 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 3: through any of these affected areas. If you want to 59 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 3: change your itinerary to travel at a different time, you 60 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 3: can do so absent a change fee. And I think 61 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,920 Speaker 3: it's going to be so bad that it's actually going 62 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 3: to be something that's going to spill into Monday morning 63 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,679 Speaker 3: because it's going to be a weekend event, and that's 64 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,959 Speaker 3: going to prevent some aircraft from reaching their final destination 65 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 3: on Sunday night. That makes up the Monday morning originators. 66 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 3: So it is going to be again just wall to 67 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 3: wall have with everything that's going to be going on. 68 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 3: And if it's just snow, I mean, airlines can operate 69 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,799 Speaker 3: in snow, they just do it more slowly. But when 70 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 3: you're talking about three, four or five inches of ice 71 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 3: and those types of things, airlines are going to cancel 72 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,519 Speaker 3: the flight because you're not gonna put an aircraft that 73 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 3: could a go off a runway, off of a taxiway, 74 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:20,959 Speaker 3: not be able to be under a complete control on 75 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 3: the tarmac. Those kinds of things can really create a 76 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 3: safety issue. Plus it venience for passengers. 77 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, well plus lift the wings. Once does the ice, 78 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: you're good to go. 79 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 3: And but yeah, the whole point is that airlines see 80 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 3: this storm coming and look, I'm just glad it wasn't 81 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 3: a month ago. Can you imagine, you know, December twenty third, 82 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 3: twenty fourth, we're talking about this kind of storm, So 83 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 3: thankfully it was now. But airlines do a horrible job 84 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 3: at customer service. But I always have to give them 85 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 3: high marks when it comes to irregular operations. And weather 86 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 3: related events. They're they're going to make sure that, look, 87 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 3: if we need to cancel this flight, let's do it 88 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 3: so we can notify people at home so that you know, 89 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 3: they don't get to fight to get to the airport 90 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 3: only to find out the flight's been canceled. And sometimes 91 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 3: it's just a matter of an online reroute. You might 92 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 3: be flying American Airlines through Dallas and it's going to 93 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 3: be a mess, and they may say, well, Chicago's going 94 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 3: to be less of a mess. Let us route you 95 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 3: through there because January is not known as a busy, 96 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 3: heavy travel month, so as a result, they might have 97 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 3: some options. So you know, American Airlines just rolled out 98 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 3: this new app that if your itinerary is impacted by 99 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 3: any sort of irregular operation, they send you a link. 100 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 3: You click on it and they give you a bunch 101 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 3: of options as far as what you want to do. 102 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 3: Take this light, this light or that flight cancel or 103 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 3: if you need to spend the night, here's something to 104 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 3: click on to get your hotel voucher. Oh you need 105 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 3: transportation vouchers here it is click on that. It's immediate, 106 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 3: and it's just great use of their new It's kind 107 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 3: of an AI type of thing. But it's great that 108 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 3: Americans putting that power in the palm of people's hands, 109 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 3: because in a storm like this, I'm telling you it's 110 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 3: going to come in handy. 111 00:04:58,400 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 2: Well, we're almost out of time. Let's go ahead and 112 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 2: call it early this time because it sounds cool, but 113 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 2: it sounds like a really really bad idea to me. 114 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:10,039 Speaker 2: Flying cars getting ready to launch, and apparently ozempic is 115 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,359 Speaker 2: saving the airlines millions or will be anyway more. With 116 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 2: Iheartmediaviation Expert, Jay Ratlifts Stickgram fifty five, KRC dot com, 117 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 2: you're one stop for advertising. 118 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: But KRC Deep Talk station. Have you ever been in 119 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: a cockpit before? 120 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 2: Well, of course, j Ratlift has I Heart Mediaviation Expert. 121 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 2: We get them every Thursday a few segments talk aviation 122 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 2: realities and this now I Initially my reaction is oh cool. 123 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 2: I've been reading about this my entire life. It looks 124 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 2: like flying cars, especially at the low low price of 125 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 2: forty thousand dollars, are getting ready to be delivered, maybe 126 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 2: as early as the second quarter of this year by 127 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 2: this new tech company. But you don't have to be 128 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 2: a pilot to fly one. And we're bad enough out 129 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 2: on the roads where we have speed limits and and 130 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 2: lane signs and markers and stop signs. What in the 131 00:05:58,200 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 2: hell is the world going to look like if every 132 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 2: time Dick and Harry has a flying car in their driveway, Jay. 133 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 3: It's gonna be interesting. 134 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: I mean, this is the Richter X four. 135 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 3: The Richter X four has a list price of thirty 136 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 3: nine nine dollars. That's what they're saying is gonna be 137 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 3: rolled out. It's a single passenger electric vertical takeoff and 138 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 3: landing aircraft could used as a car. It's designed to 139 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 3: make short range personal flights more accessible, and they're saying 140 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 3: more affordable. And the essence is the top speed of 141 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 3: this bad boy's fifty miles an hour, so you don't 142 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 3: have to worry about any top gun maneuvers. Maximum flight 143 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 3: time with your electric battery. 144 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: Yeh. 145 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 3: The payload capacity two hundred and twenty pounds, nothing more 146 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 3: than that. And again, as you mentioned, experimental aircraft, meaning 147 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 3: the FAA says no pilot license is required. And that's 148 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 3: where the fun or tear begins, depending on how you 149 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 3: want to look at it, because I mean, we see 150 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 3: road grade every day. I can't imagine. I mean, it's 151 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 3: just I don't see this happening for quite a while. 152 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 1: Now. 153 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 3: What I do see happening is something that the technology 154 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 3: is very very close, and that's these air taxis or 155 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 3: air ubers, where you have a vehicle that lands in 156 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 3: your driveway, you climb in, it's a pre programmed off off, 157 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 3: it flies you to your destination and lands. It's a 158 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 3: short range type of thing, but that way, it's pre 159 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 3: programmed a specific flightpath. Nothing is going to be directing 160 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 3: it into power lines, buildings, another vehicle or anything along 161 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 3: those lines. And you know that's where things are I 162 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 3: think headed. 163 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: Now. 164 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 3: You know, I'm still waiting for Amazon to deliver my 165 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 3: pizza to the driveway with a drone, So we're not 166 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 3: there yet. So I suspect it's gonna be wild for 167 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 3: these air taxis, but find there's several steps that we're 168 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 3: moving into that direction, and eventually that's going to be 169 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 3: the case. Airlines like Delta United American they have spent 170 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 3: just a trum hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars 171 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 3: investing in this technology for these air uber type things 172 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 3: because they see those as things that will feed their 173 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 3: hubs in places like New York and Dallas and Houston 174 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 3: to bring people from areas around the airport straight to 175 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 3: the airport where you don't have to mess with the 176 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 3: hassle of parking and all the traffic. 177 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 2: Well, I can only see this resulting in immediate legislation 178 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 2: to the extent these things become readily available. There's no 179 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 2: way they're going to let us just fly around without 180 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 2: some kind of rules and regulations and licensing. We'll wait 181 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 2: popcorns out. 182 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 3: Imagine I'm plying to like a Bengals game, and then 183 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 3: the state of people after the game when they're trying 184 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 3: to fly those. 185 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 2: No, thank you, especially after a tailgate party. 186 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: Exactly my thought. 187 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 2: All right, moving over, I thought this was comical. I 188 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 2: didn't read the article. I just saw your headline. Weight 189 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 2: loss drugs could actually save airlines five and eighty dollars 190 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 2: a year, A little side benefit from the ozempic class drugs. 191 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 1: I guess that's exactly it. 192 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 3: There was a study that was put out by Jeffries, 193 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 3: They're a financial services firm, and said, look, the four 194 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 3: largest airlines American, Delta, Southwest, United could save collectively that 195 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 3: five hundred and eighty million or more on fuel thanks 196 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 3: to those drug related things that are going going crazy 197 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 3: right now. And they're saying less fuel means lighter passengers, 198 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 3: which means the airlines can use less fuel to get 199 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 3: the planes to their destination and they can make. 200 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: Even more money. 201 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 3: Now, the fun part would be if they were going 202 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 3: to reward us for losing that weight by lowering our fares, 203 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:33,079 Speaker 3: but we both. 204 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:33,959 Speaker 1: Know that's not going to happen. 205 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,719 Speaker 3: United and Delta just now, they recently both reported their 206 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 3: quarterly profit of more than a billion dollars in a quarter. 207 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 1: Now, I mean, when. 208 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 3: You think about the history of aviation, the idea of 209 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,319 Speaker 3: a making any money in a year was unbelievable. If 210 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 3: you made a billion in a year, it was historic. 211 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 3: And now they're rolling these things out quarterly because the 212 00:09:58,160 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 3: credit card stuff. 213 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: You and I've talked about before. 214 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 3: But remember, no airline would have made any money in 215 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 3: twenty twenty four absent of their credit card agreement. So 216 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 3: when you see the airlines are making that and now 217 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 3: an extra five hundred and eighty million dollars collectively on 218 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 3: top because we're losing weight, just doesn't seem fair. 219 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 2: I guess the one benefit to the consumer the larger 220 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 2: among us won't have to buy two seats anymore if 221 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 2: they stick with the ozempeic and lose the weight, well. 222 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 3: Yea, And airlines continue to kind of amend their plus 223 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:32,679 Speaker 3: size passenger policy, becoming a little bit more hard to 224 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 3: work with. And you know, the airline seats keep getting smaller. 225 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 3: And that's the other thing with weight and balance on 226 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 3: an aircraft. As soon as somebody comes out with a 227 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 3: seat as FAA approved crash resistant and all the things 228 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 3: we have to have that's lighter than what's being used, 229 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:49,559 Speaker 3: airlines are going to use it. Oh yeah, it may 230 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 3: be a whole lot less comfortable, but you know, if 231 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 3: you're only on the plane two three four hours, what's 232 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 3: the big deal. 233 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 1: It's better than a. 234 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 3: You know, perhaps a wooden pew at church or a 235 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 3: bus seat, So why not let's throw them in there? 236 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 3: So you know, waiting, balance is everything on this stuff, 237 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 3: and I don't know. We'll see where all of it goes. 238 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 2: We will, And coming up the next segment, we'll learn 239 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 2: if Loofkanza's new rules regarding lithium battery are good and 240 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 2: if we will learn something from those those things freak 241 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,319 Speaker 2: me out, Jay Ratliff anymore, after all your stories on 242 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 2: those lithium batteries, got more other I've got a lot 243 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 2: of other stories to talk about it. I don't think 244 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 2: we're going to get through all of them. We'll give 245 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 2: it our best. One more with Jay Ratliffs stick around 246 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:33,559 Speaker 2: fifty five the talk station caresee the talk station Happy Friday, 247 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,079 Speaker 2: Eve Tomorrow Tech Friday with Dave hat Or Jack Windsor 248 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,559 Speaker 2: returns as well. And in the meantime, I heart me 249 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 2: the aviation expert Jay Ratliffe BLUs to have them for 250 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 2: a full three segments on a Thursday. And what's with 251 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 2: looft Tonza? They are dealing with the whole concept of 252 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 2: lithium battery powered devices, which you have brought to my 253 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 2: attention more than one occasion, freaking me out. Those things 254 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 2: catch on fire. We all know about that, but oh lo, 255 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 2: and behold, what if someone stowed one away in a 256 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 2: baggage compartment down below the plane? You got a problem 257 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 2: on that when they're not supposed to go there. So 258 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 2: how did luftons there is? How is Luftonso approaching this 259 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 2: new rule? 260 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 3: When you look at some of the YouTube videos and 261 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 3: things that are out there that show how fast these 262 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:17,839 Speaker 3: electronic lithium power devices smolder, and ignite. I mean it's 263 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 3: almost instantaneous. So Luthon's is saying, for those passengers that 264 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 3: are bringing the power pack devices onto their plane that 265 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 3: you use to charge your devices, One, you can't bring 266 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 3: any more than two. The second thing is you cannot 267 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,679 Speaker 3: use them during the course of the flight. Three they 268 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:36,680 Speaker 3: are not to go into the overhead storage compartment. They're 269 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 3: to be under your seat or in the seat pocket 270 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 3: in front of you. The reason for that is they 271 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:45,959 Speaker 3: want them to be visually there so that if they 272 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,960 Speaker 3: start to smolder, the passenger will know about it immediately, 273 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,439 Speaker 3: they can notify the flight attendant. If it's in the 274 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 3: overhead storage compartment, it could smolder for a period of 275 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 3: time and it actually catch fire before anybody's aware of 276 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 3: what's going on. So that's what sluthonza, which is copying 277 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 3: a lot of what other airlines have been doing. And Brian, 278 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 3: all you've got to do is is google the image 279 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 3: of air Boossan that's b U S A M. And 280 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 3: you can see what's left of an airplane that was 281 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 3: at the gate when they were boarding when one of 282 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 3: these electronic devices caught on fire. For the most part, 283 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 3: the entire top of the aircraft knows the tail is gone. 284 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 3: Oh jeez, now that's from a lithium battery fire at 285 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 3: the gate. Thank god, it was at the gate and 286 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 3: it wasn't an aircraft that was in the in the air. 287 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: And oh, I'm looking at it right down. 288 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 3: When you see when you see that picture and you 289 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 3: know that we are knowingly being okay with bringing these 290 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 3: devices on and then please pray to God none of 291 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 3: these ever reached the cargo compartment. It just shows how 292 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 3: dangerous these things are, and it were. It's a situation 293 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 3: where we continue to say safety is are number one priority, 294 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:55,199 Speaker 3: but we're gonna lie you bring these things on board. 295 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 1: And look, I. 296 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 3: Understand their phones. I understand that they're tableists. I understand 297 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 3: that they're things that people will not travel without. But 298 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 3: when you recognize the danger of these things represent and 299 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 3: how many times we talk about it, and there's almost 300 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 3: one a week somewhere in the world where these things 301 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 3: are happening, it's just it becomes more and more scary. 302 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 3: And I'm just hoping that we can reach the point where, yes, 303 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 3: we can have better onboard procedures for making sure that 304 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 3: we've got fire suppression bags and flight attendants are trained 305 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 3: now to be firefighters so that they can combat these 306 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 3: things so that it doesn't kill everybody on board a flight. 307 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 3: It's also the reason if one of these electronic devices 308 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 3: get stuck in a seat where nobody can reach it, 309 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 3: the crew will make an emergency land to get at 310 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 3: the nearest airport in case it starts to smolder and 311 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 3: catch fire. They can't reach it to put it out. 312 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 3: It's going to spread. And even though you have fire 313 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 3: resistant material throughout the cabin and it's designed that way, 314 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 3: you still have the very real possibility that these things 315 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 3: could be an issue. So it's one of those things 316 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 3: that you just wonder, you know, how long it's going 317 00:14:57,680 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 3: to be for somebody's going to get hurt with these things. 318 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 3: And these continue being one of the topics that we 319 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 3: are forced to talk about. 320 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 2: Well, you know, I've been in situations where you're not 321 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 2: allowed to have a cell phone. You put it in 322 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 2: one of those Faraday bags and you hold that with you, 323 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 2: and that doesn't seem like much of an ask when 324 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 2: you're talking about the massive loss of life that one 325 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 2: of these batteries can cause. You got a device, put 326 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 2: it in the Faraday bag or put it in the 327 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 2: flameproof bag and maybe if you're using it, at least 328 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 2: it'll be out and you'll be able to tell when 329 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 2: it's smoldering. Throw it right back in the bag. But 330 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 2: all things must be in a fire resistant bag unless 331 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 2: it's being actively used. 332 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 1: Maybe that'd work well anything. 333 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 3: But you know, when you tell people that they can't 334 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 3: use their phone, it's like telling them they. 335 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: Need to wear a mask. 336 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 3: It's gonna be tough because you know, somebody puts their 337 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 3: phone down, the next person next to them, Hey, you 338 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 3: need to put your and that's just you gonna have 339 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 3: all all this on board stuff as people try to 340 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 3: help police that type of situation. 341 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: Yes, it may. 342 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 3: Be to your advance, to your comment, putting something in 343 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 3: the seatback pocket that we can put the phones into 344 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 3: in the event they start to overheat. But then who's 345 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 3: going to pay for those bags to be on the plane? 346 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 3: And airlines are going to do it? I mean, they're 347 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 3: incredibly cheap, They're absolutely not going to So I don't know. 348 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 2: It just seems like the airport preventative measures that might 349 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 2: save massive loss of life and ended up landing them 350 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 2: in a multi multi million dollar litigation. And it seems 351 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 2: to me put that little money up front, don't pay 352 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 2: it to the plane. If you who are dad put 353 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 2: on bags or something, that's. 354 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: Like putting it. 355 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 3: It's like putting an EpiPen in the onboard medical kit, 356 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 3: which airlines do not do. So many times passengers have 357 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 3: had issues with allergies and they stop breathing, and thank god, 358 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 3: a passenger aboard a plane has an EpiPen that is 359 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 3: given to a medical professional that it's administered, because you know, 360 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 3: those EpiPens have a shelf life of what eighteen months 361 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 3: or something, I don't know, and airlines are not going to, 362 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 3: you know, spend that much money to put them. 363 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: On an airplane. 364 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, safety is are number one priority, right In't that 365 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 3: what they billion get written down here. 366 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 2: Somewhere billion dollars in one quarter, Jay Ratliff, billion dollars 367 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 2: in a quarter. All right, let's end on what I 368 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 2: think will be a more positive note than then the 369 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 2: wheels falling off airplanes in Orlando. What about this sleeper 370 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 2: row that's so hot again? Going back to Lufthansa, Yeah, 371 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:09,120 Speaker 2: Lufana rolled something out. 372 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 3: It was a couple of years ago, but it's really 373 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:14,919 Speaker 3: starting to catch on. It's a sleeper road in essence, 374 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:18,160 Speaker 3: when you're on a flight. This is the German carrier Luthonsa. 375 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 3: When you're in one of their flights it's eleven hours 376 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 3: or more and you're checking in, you can actually ask 377 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 3: the gate agent, look, I'd like to grab an entire 378 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 3: row to myself, so that you can pay for the 379 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 3: seats that maybe three or four across. You get them 380 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 3: at a discount, and you then have, you know, the 381 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,640 Speaker 3: whole road to yourself. It comes with a thin mattress, 382 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 3: a blanket, a pillow. You can lay down a sleep 383 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 3: the whole time if you want. Because remember, airline seats 384 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 3: are perishable. Once the door closes, the airlines lose their revenue. 385 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 3: But look, the aircraft's only seventy five percent full. Let's 386 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 3: say fourth of those seats unsold. So airlines like, man, 387 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 3: what can we do to raise more money? And they're 388 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 3: really good at this and they say, well, let's just 389 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 3: sell the whole road to people. And that's what they've doing, 390 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 3: and it's really catching on now. I still laugh thinking 391 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 3: back of the days when the air you know, we 392 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,199 Speaker 3: had fifty five percent load factors, and if you got 393 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:08,879 Speaker 3: the whole road of yourself, you could lay down and 394 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 3: sleep without it costing you money. But now they found 395 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 3: a way to make even more and this is really 396 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 3: catching on. So for people that just want to work 397 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 3: and have extra room to put their stuff around, it's 398 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 3: working out well. And but for people that want to 399 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 3: lay down and sleep, they can do it. So that's 400 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 3: all Luthonsa. If you happen to be on a flight 401 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:28,680 Speaker 3: of theirs, it's eleven hours. 402 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,919 Speaker 2: Or more, eleven hours or more and probably comes at 403 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 2: a premium price. 404 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 3: Jay well, but not as much as it would cost 405 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:36,439 Speaker 3: to sit in first class and have the lay down seats. 406 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 3: You're going to get a discount here, So that's how 407 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 3: they sell it. And you know, it's just it's nice. 408 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:44,400 Speaker 1: I mean when you don't everybody's sitting next to. 409 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 3: You and you need work or you just want to rest, 410 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 3: or you don't want to get up when they have 411 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 3: to go to the down to the laboratory. 412 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: That works great too, but. 413 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 3: You know, yeah, something Look when Elizabeth Taylor used to fly, 414 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 3: she'd buy every seat in first class and just sit 415 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:56,439 Speaker 3: up there by yourself. 416 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: So I guess it depends on what you want to do. 417 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, well that's me makes Elizabeth Taylor sound like well, 418 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 2: I'm not even gonna say it out loud. 419 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:05,679 Speaker 1: We do have the FCC. We've been a very very 420 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 1: nice person. 421 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 2: Maybe yeah whatever, Elite exclusive don't want to be bothered 422 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 2: with the common people. Jay Ratliffe, love having you. That's 423 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:20,880 Speaker 2: right him, and best of luck with your trading week. 424 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 2: My friend and I will look forward to having another 425 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,199 Speaker 2: discussion with you next Thursday. Man. Best of health and 426 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 2: love to you and your better half.