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A Pilot Explains: Who Decides If Your Dubai Or Doha Flight Gets Airborne

DESCRIPTION: Every flight through the Gulf this month is being approved on the day, one flight at a time. If your December ticket to Europe or Asia connects in Dubai or

#290 Fuel Is Half Your Ticket Price: Why Flights Are So Expensive Right Now

DESCRIPTION: Brent crude went back through 100 dollars a barrel on 9 September after the United States and Iran started striking each other again, and it was still abov

A Pilot Explains: 1 In 8 Airline Pilots Are Depressed, Why We Hide It And What It Costs At Home

DESCRIPTION One in eight airline pilots is depressed. More than half of us have avoided a doctor to protect our licence. This is why pilots stay silent, what it costs a

#288 ACSA's R1.2 Billion Year, The Approach We Should Have Gone Around From, And Emirates To Berlin At Last

DESCRIPTION: Airports Company South Africa has posted a R1.2 billion profit on R8.81 billion of revenue, and Johannesburg airport still cannot keep its toilets open. Br

A Pilot Explains: Why Pilots Refuse To Land, And The Night I Got It Wrong

DESCRIPTION The engines roar, the nose lifts, and the runway falls away beneath you. The safest thing a pilot can do is the one thing passengers hate: not land. Here is

A Pilot Explains: The Scam That Stole R1.2 Million In 20 Minutes

DESCRIPTION A retired teacher east of Johannesburg took a WhatsApp call from someone posing as South African Airways. Twenty minutes later, R1.2 million was gone. Pilot

#285 No Flypast At FNB: Airlink Pulls Out, SAA 'For Sale' Again and FlySafair's Big Win

DESCRIPTION: The flypast is off. Airlink has withdrawn its FNB Stadium flyby for Saturday's third test, citing the weather, while the South African Civil Aviation Autho

I Watched The Airlink Flypast Like Everyone Else. Here's What I Saw.

Two Airlink E-Jets, one black and one green, flew over Cape Town Stadium seconds before the Springboks and the All Blacks kicked off. Within an hour the whole internet ha

#283 The Charter Comeback: Beech 1900s, Bush Strips and a Better Life

Charter flying in South Africa is booming, and Ryan is living it: Beech 1900 trips to Zimbabwe, Botswana, the Lowveld and the Northern Cape in the space of three weeks. A

#282 Etihad Wants South African Pilots. Should You Go?

Etihad Airways is growing quickly, with more aircraft joining the fleet and new destinations on the map, and South African pilots are on its radar. Bryan and Ryan take on

#281 OR Tambo Delays, Gulf Travel Risk and Studio Talk

DESCRIPTION: Number 17 in the queue for start. Forty minutes at the hold. Ryan flies in and out of O.R. Tambo every day, and this week FlySafair said the quiet part out

#280 A Pilot Explains: Why South Africa's Flights Keep Getting Delayed (And Why That Keeps You Safe)

The number leads as you asked, the tag sets the expectation (nobody presses play expecting 45 minutes with Ryan and feels shortchanged at ten), and the hook still lands i

#279 Your Pilot Explains: Is It Safe To Fly Through Dubai?

Is it safe to fly through Dubai right now? On 14 July, EASA, the regulator behind every European airline, told its operators to avoid the airspace of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qat

We Tested SARS's New Travel Declaration | Plus: Your Face Is Your New Passport

EPISODE SNAPSHOT   Welcome to The Bryan Air Podcast. Career intelligence for pilots.   We break down executive moves, economic forces, and the technology reshapin

New SARS Travel Rule Hits Every South African Traveler | Plus Emirates Is Hiring SA Pilots

EPISODE SNAPSHOT   Welcome to The Bryan Air Podcast. Career intelligence for pilots. We break down executive moves, economic forces, and the technology reshaping ho

Do World Cup Players Fly Private? Not Even Close

⭐ FEATURED: INTERACTIVE WORLD CUP TRAVEL TRACKER   We built a live dashboard so you can see exactly how far every team is flying between base camp and match city. Com

No Strikes Allowed? SAA's Bid to Make Pilots Essential Could Hit Every SA Airline

EPISODE SNAPSHOT Welcome to The Bryan Air Podcast. Career intelligence for pilots. We break down executive moves, economic forces, and the technology reshaping how pi

Barrel or Window? South African Pilots Wait as the Middle East Recovery Drags

EPISODE SNAPSHOT   Welcome to The Bryan Air Podcast. Career intelligence for pilots. We break down executive moves, economic forces, and the technology reshaping ho

South Africa Is About To Lose Another Wave Of Pilots: The Middle East Is Hiring Again

EPISODE SNAPSHOT   Welcome to The Bryan Air Podcast. Career intelligence for pilots.   We break down executive moves, economic forces, and the technology reshapin

50-Knot Gusts Shut Cape Town: The Diversion Chaos, FlySafair's OTP Edge, and Singapore's $2.4B Win

EPISODE SNAPSHOT Welcome to The Bryan Air Podcast. Career intelligence for pilots. We break down executive moves, economic forces, and the technology reshaping how pi