Join, Carlos, Nev, Armando and Matt for this week's programme.

In this week's show Qantas get their A380's into money making mode, Japan starts to let your pets on board & one passenger decides the flight deck is better than the cabin. Nev shares with us his latest experience on a short hop to Edinburgh and back.

In the military, the FAA shuts down the airspace on the west coast, A B-52 is trekking across the USA, and USAF Special Operations flight makes a stop at Teeside Airport in Newcastle.

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

COMMERCIAL

FLAGSHIP QANTAS A380 RETURNS TO PASSENGER SERVICE https://australianaviation.com.au/2022/01/qantas-a380-prepares-for-return-to-commercial-service/

Two Ryanair planes narrowly avoided crash, investigation finds https://avherald.com/h?article=4f2f0895 https://www.airportia.com/news/two-ryanair-b738-at-malaga-on-sep-11th-2019-departing-and-landing-aircraft-on-runway-at-the-same-time/ https://www.mitma.es/recursos_mfom/comodin/recursos/in-049-2019_final_report_nm.pdf

The World’s Busiest Routes In 2021 https://simpleflying.com/worlds-busiest-routes-2021/ https://resources.cirium.com/cirium-airline-insights-review-2021

8,000 Delta Airlines employees tested positive for COVID-19 over four weeks https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/01/13/Delta-Airlines-8000-employees-tested-postive/5641642086614/

3,000 United Airlines Employees Have Coronavirus, But Zero Are Hospitalized https://onemileatatime.com/news/united-airlines-employees-coronavirus/

FedEx air shipments delayed as omicron variant sickens pilots https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-air-shipments-delayed-as-omicron-variant-sickens-pilots

Spaceship-Like Electric Aircraft 'Alice' Prepares for its First Flight https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43838/spaceship-like-electric-aircraft-alice-prepares-for-its-first-flight-in-these-awesome-images

Pilot With Paraplegia Gets Cirrus Jet Type Rating! https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/news/2022/01/06/pilot-with-paraplegia-gets-cirrus-jet-type-rating/

Aircraft crashes close to people on Graveley golf course https://www.thecomet.net/news/aircraft-crash-lands-chesfield-downs-golf-course-graveley-8610320 https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-OPAR/973199 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-opar safety.net/wikibase/273972">https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/273972

One of the newest airlines in the US is tackling the pilot shortage by paying them more and hiring from Australia https://www.businessinsider.com/breeze-airways-raising-pilot-pay-and-hiring-australian-pilots-shortage-2022-1

Delta Removes Degree Requirement for Prospective Pilots https://www.flyingmag.com/delta-removes-degree-requirement-for-prospective-pilots/?fbclid=IwAR0ZckkhL_hGfxqw_jcVplJH509MkStpv9p4dRei5iqdHqvpldCr0rgRmNc

All 4 occupants of a Medical Helicopter, including infant, survive crash. https://6abc.com/upper-darby-helicopter-crash-delaware-county-chopper-accident-drexel-hill-united-methodist-church/11456415/ helicopter-crash-drexel-hill-united-methodist-church-upper-darby-20220111.html">https://www.inquirer.com/news/medical-helicopter-crash-drexel-hill-united-methodist-church-upper-darby-20220111.html

Japanese airline to allow pets on board as industry reels from pandemic hit https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220111/p2a/00m/0bu/027000c

Passenger storms into American Airlines cockpit at Honduras airport Airlines-passenger-storms-cockpit-flight-Honduras-Miami-causing-eight-hour-delay.html">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10394435/American-Airlines-passenger-storms-cockpit-flight-Honduras-Miami-causing-eight-hour-delay.html https://www.reuters.com/world/us/passenger-breaks-into-cockpit-american-airlines-honduras-airport-2022-01-12/ https://www.facebook.com/golfcharlie232/posts/4799671113458415

Youngest woman to fly solo around the world arrives in Saudi Arabia https://www.arabnews.com/node/1999686/saudi-arabia

MILITARY

FAA's Statement On Mysterious Air Traffic Halt Leaves More Questions Than Answers https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43840/faas-statement-on-mysterious-air-traffic-halt-leaves-more-questions-than-answers

Heavy Traffic: A B-52 Bomber Is Being Trucked Across The Central United States https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43784/heavy-traffic-a-b-52-bomber-is-being-trucked-across-the-central-united-states https://twitter.com/hashtag/b52roadtrip?src=hashtag_click

Taiwan suspends F-16 training missions after jet crashes https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-air-force-searches-missing-f-16-fighter-after-crash-2022-01-11/

Aircraft from US Airforce stop at Teesside Airport to refuel https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19841121.aircraft-us-airforce-stop-teesside-airport-refuel/