{"podcast":{"title":"Bryan Air","slug":"bryan-air-255908","podcast_index_feed_id":255908,"rss_url":"https://bryanair.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://bryanairpodcast.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/e/9/f/ae9ffff1fcac2d8fd959afa2a1bf1c87/Bryan_Air_Logo.png","author":"Bryan Roseveare","episode_count":281,"summary":"Straight-talking aviation news and pilot explainers. I'm Bryan Roseveare. Fourteen years an airline pilot, now a simulator instructor. I train the pilots flying you around. This feed carries two shows, one point of view: the flight deck. The Bryan Air Podcast is the weekly show with co-host Ryan Parrock. The week's aviation news, told the way pilots actually talk about it: the stories that hit your ticket price, your travel plans and your rights. New travel rules, airline takeovers, airport failures, and the decisions made above your head. Two pilots, no script, and no shortage of disagreement. A Pilot Explains is the short solo show. One topic per episode, answering the questions passengers actually ask. Is it safe? Why did we turn around? What happens inside a flight simulator? Answered from the front seat, in plain language. South African honesty. No corporate spin. 280+ episodes and counting, and the number one management podcast in South Africa. New episodes every week. Bryan Air https://bryanairpodcast.com/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T08:17:17.573624+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bryan-air-255908"},"episode":{"title":"Willie Walsh: From Cadet Pilot to Running the World's Airlines | IATA WDS 2026","slug":"willie-walsh-from-cadet-pilot-to-running-the-world-s-airlines-iata-wds-2026","published_at":"2026-04-11T14:43:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bryan-air-255908/willie-walsh-from-cadet-pilot-to-running-the-world-s-airlines-iata-wds-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bryan-air-255908","url":"https://bryanairpodcast.com/willie-walsh-from-cadet-pilot-to-running-the-worlds-airlines-iata-wds-2026","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bryanair/Bryan_Air_WDS_2026_Willie_Walsh.mp3?dest-id=1599416","summary":"🎙 EPISODE SNAPSHOT Welcome to The Bryan Air Podcast. Career intelligence for pilots. We break down executive moves, economic forces, and the technology reshaping how pilots are trained, assessed, and employed. Boardroom decisions land on your flight deck — we translate them first. No corporate spin. Just the intelligence pilots actually need. Willie Walsh never planned to leave the flight deck. He flew the 737-200 at Aer Lingus, became a captain, and then one Friday evening at 36 years old was offered a CEO role starting Monday. He took it. What followed was a career that took him from running a small airline in Majorca to leading IAG and then representing every airline on earth as Director General of IATA. Sitting with Bryan live in Singapore, Walsh is direct about the future: two-pilot cockpits are not going anywhere, aircraft being built today are designed around two pilots and will fly for 25 to 30 years, and there is nothing on the horizon to change that. He also drops a stat that should make every aviation professional pay attention: India, a country of 1.4 billion people, operated just 50 widebody aircraft last year. His next move is to go and run an airline there. In this episode of The Bryan Air Podcast, Bryan Roseveare speaks with Willie Walsh live at IATA WDS 2026 in Singapore about pilot transferable skills in leadership, the future of two-pilot cockpits, career paths beyond line flying, aviation growth potential in India and Africa, and what shaped one of aviation's most influential careers. ✈ TIME-STAMPED FLIGHT PLAN 00:00 Introducing Willie Walsh and why pilots were watching him during COVID 00:45 How pilot training shaped Walsh's management and decision-making style 03:16 Adapting to technological change from the 737-200 to today 04:27 Offered a CEO rol…","meta_description":"🎙 EPISODE SNAPSHOT Welcome to The Bryan Air Podcast. Career intelligence for pilots. We break down executive moves, economic forces, and the technology re…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":954,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bryan-air-255908/episodes/willie-walsh-from-cadet-pilot-to-running-the-world-s-airlines-iata-wds-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bryan-air-255908/willie-walsh-from-cadet-pilot-to-running-the-world-s-airlines-iata-wds-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}