Jon Ostrower

The five minutes before the Blue Angels start is the longest wait in all of aviation.

looked up the clip just because sometimes people change his words for captions that end up innocently reshared, but upon finding it decided to share the video because hearing him say it makes it 1000% more definitely true and everyone will listen/believe more than reading it written out

Well, @theairshowpodcast.com this week was a genuine newsmaker, with Flyadeal CEO Steven Greenway taking us on a wide-ranging journey into the Saudi LCC's strategic ambitions along with some very pointed comments about Airbus and its delivery performance. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

Flyadeal CEO: Airbus needs to ‘reset’ its industrial operation “I expect this to continue for the next three to five years, at the very least."

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Joby and L3Harris partner on hybrid VTOL for counter-UAS, electronic warfare Contested logistics another main focus for optionally piloted aircraft

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Collision avoidance tech, safety culture in focus on final day of NTSB hearing Live updates continue from the hearing room

Collision avoidance tech, safety culture in focus on final day of NTSB hearing (via @theaircurrent.com)

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Team TAC, with @willguisbond.com on site, has been bringing a steady stream of detailed updates from the NTSB's three-day hearing into January's mid-air collision at DCA. Day Two well underway.

NTSB Chair Homendy has ‘20 pages of questions’ on day two of DCA hearing Live updates continue from the hearing room

NTSB Chair Homendy has ‘20 pages of questions’ on day two of DCA hearing theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... #staycurrent

Live Updates: NTSB investigative hearing on DCA mid-air collision Air safety investigators conduct three-day hearing to gather sworn testimony regarding January’s D.C. midair collision

There were five separate TCAS activations for PSA flights flying into DCA in the months leading up to the Jan. 29 accident, including one just the day before the CRJ & Black Hawk mid-air collision. Follow @theaircurrent.com's updates here from NTSB hearing. theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc...

Live Updates: NTSB investigative hearing on DCA mid-air collision Air safety investigators conduct three-day hearing to gather sworn testimony regarding January’s D.C. midair collision

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One-stop security trials:

American: Departing London connecting via DFW

Delta: Departing London connecting via ATL

United?

There's been a lot of news about this DOT Inspector General audit of the Newark airspace relocation. Several publications have referred to it as a decision made by President Biden, and Transportation Sec. Duffy has criticized the previous admin for mistakes.

Some context on why that's wrong ⬇️

The energy released in a M8.7 quake is equivalent to that of a 169 megatonne nuclear weapon

The #Avgeek tsunami angle: plenty of coast guard, media, and other related agencies with their helicopters observing tsunami activity off the eastern coast of Tohoku, Japan.

Sendai Airport, which lies off the coast of the Pacific, is closed.

Decisions on configuration for the next new Boeing airplane "not today and probably not tomorrow," said Ortberg, who is focused on technology and market development and addressing its production and financial performance as main priority.

Further confirmation of TAC reporting from Ortberg on 737 EAI reporting. "We just haven't closed the design," he said. "We found some issues with the design implementation we had."

Ortberg reiterates Boeing plans to not ask for 737 rate increases any less than 6 months apart and in steps of five per month. Rework hours still the high KPI on the program and "still working that down".

Ortberg says, recognizing the moment Boeing is in with the administration renegotiating trade deals, with countries wanting to address a trade imbalance there's "no better way than making a big aircraft order."

Boeing hit 38 per month in May and CFO Brian West says "shadow factory" of stored inventory expected to wrap in 3Q. Inventory of 35 remains, which are mostly already built 737-7s and 10s for Southwest & United, respectively.

Ortberg: Trump Administration trade deals to date (EU in particular) have Boeing "overall feeling better today" about its ability to navigate the tariff environment.

Ortberg says 787 production rate in South Carolina is now at 7 per month.

Unresolved engine anti-ice fix pushes 737 Max 7 and 10 certifications into 2026 Boeing’s Max output still ‘critically constrained’ by wing production as WestJet moves into role of Max 10 launch operator

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg confirms reporting from @theaircurrent.com, says engine anti-ice solution is taking "longer than expected" and 737 Max 7 and 10 certification has now officially slid into 2026. theaircurrent.com/aircraft-dev...

Nope, there’s a long, long way to go on 777-9 certification testing.

The stylized blue tail of Boeing’s 777-9 test aircraft.

NEWS: The FAA late last week cleared Boeing to begin the next phase of its 777-9 cert process, focusing on system demonstrations, two people familiar tell TAC. Type Inspection Authorization (TIA) 2C is the fourth phase of the cert program for the 777X which started in July 2024.

And on this, the 3,592nd day of parenting, I successfully introduced my six year old (kid #2) to Van Halen.

And the 737 Max 10 has a new launch operator, too.

A brief thing (via UAL):

"A fire alarm sounded at our operations center, which caused employees to move to our nearby backup facility and resulted in a brief nationwide ground stop of United aircraft. Employees have returned to our primary operations center, and the ground stop has been lifted."

ATCSCC ADVZY 109 DCC 07/24/2025 UAL AIRLINES GROUND STOP EVENT TIME: 24/2326 - 25/0030 DESTINATION AIRPORT: ALL DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: ALL (UAL MAINLINE ONLY) PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MED IMPACTING CONDITION: FIRE ALARM COMMENTS: UAL MAINLINE ONLINE 25/07/24 23:26

Looks like this is gonna be a thing: United Airlines just issued a networkwide ground stop due to a fire alarm going off at its Network Operations Center.

And the 737 Max 10 has a new launch operator, too.

Unresolved engine anti-ice fix pushes 737 Max 7 and 10 certifications into 2026 Boeing’s Max output still ‘critically constrained’ by wing production as WestJet moves into role of Max 10 launch operator

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