DLD 333: Once more unto the breach




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Summary: <br> Ground issues grounding a plane is harder than you'd think to explain, but <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/exclusive-boeing-faces-new-hurdle-737-max-electrical-grounding-issue-sources-2021-05-05/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">very much at the center of the latest 737 MAX drama</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Also in this episode:<br> <br> <br> <br> * <a href="http://united.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United Airlines</a> confirms it will take some MAX 8s* <a href="http://www.Delta.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Delta Air Lines</a> adds Dubrovnik for this summer, as well as <a href="https://paxex.aero/delta-premium-select-a330-767-300/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Premium Select retrofits on A330/763s</a>, but isn't combining the two yet* <a href="https://www.aveloair.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Avelo</a> picks <a href="https://paxex.aero/avelo-tweed-new-haven-hub/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Haven for its first east coast hub</a>* <a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/airbus-announces-death-of-civil-fly-by-wire-pioneer-ziegler/143610.article" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bernard Ziegler, who basically invented fly-by-wire for Airbus, died</a>* So did Helmut Jahn, the architect responsible for the UA terminal in ORD and the new BKK.* Air Senegal plans flights to JFK/IAD later this year* Kid went into the baggage system at MSP* UK green list of places people can't visit* <a href="https://ad.easa.europa.eu/ad/2012-09R1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EASA tracks space weather, too</a><br> <br> <br> <br> For our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/dotslinesdestinations">Patreon subscribers</a> we have bonus content, including:<br> <br> <br> <br> * <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.flybreeze.com/" target="_blank">Breeze</a> to hire non-college kid FAs <br> <br> <br> <br> And plenty more. Enjoy the show!<br>