Episode 281 - Working from 'Rome'

Join Nev, Armando, Matt and the lovely 'Jenny In Rome' for this episode.

In today's show there is further talk of strike action for both a British and Irish carrier, the UK's legacy airline have another embarrassing IT meltdown and security concerns are raised over potential vulnerabilities in on-board flight computers and CCTV systems.

Armando chats to the truly inspirational Tammy Jo Shults about her flying career.

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Here are the links to the stories we featured this week :

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1. https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/ryanair-pilots-strike-here-dates-16718483

2. https://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/AN_1565242088468020900/british-airways-warns-passengers-of-knock-on-impact-after-it-glitch.aspx

3. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/08/07/1898554/0/en/Frontier-Airlines-Operates-America-s-Greenest-Flight.html

4. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/cathay-pacific-airline-hong-kong-cctv-cameras-plane-a9039681.html

5. https://www.wired.com/story/boeing-787-code-leak-security-flaws/

6. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2019/08/video-boeing-unveils-interior-of-777x-aircraft.html

7. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelgoldstein/2019/08/07/wont-you-please-buy-a-used-airbus-a380/#63cd8e18261c

8. https://simpleflying.com/vietnam-airlines-final-a330-retirement/

9. https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/the-points-guy-best-worst-us-airports-2019

10. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-49265955

11. https://people.com/travel/easyjet-is-not-introducing-backless-seats-on-their-flights/

12. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/air-canada-777-towing-incident-injures-ramp-worker-460136/