Ryan Ewing

I often ask myself what makes aviation so special. Is it the miracle of flight? Absolutely. But I also like to think about what we are doing: connecting people from all walks of life. To most, these trips are significant life events. To us, they’re just another day in the life.

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While we've seen & heard about the long security checkpoint lines over the last few weeks at major airports around the country, SFO is NOT experiencing this issue. 🔗 more info on the Screening Partnership Program 🛃 tsa.gov/for-industry/s…

How cool is this? cc @FAANews

This is accurate. If you've spent much time around DCA, you'll also notice that many can simply bypass security screening altogether.

New: there were two recent close calls between helicopters and airplanes including a Feb. 27 @AmericanAir flight near San Antonio

We love a good domestic 777-300ER flight. ✈️

New: air traffic stopped at DC area airports per @FAANews

Southwest will end service to @Dulles_Airport and @fly2ohare in June. airlinegeeks.com/2026/03/13/sou…

Pentagon says a KC-135 aerial refueler crashed in western Iraq after an incident w/another aircraft. Sources tell @CBSNews both were KC-135s. 2nd aircraft landed safely. A KC-135 declared an emergency before landing safely in Tel Aviv Thursday evening, according FlightRadar24.

NEW: More than 300 TSA agents have left the workforce altogether since the shutdown began, @CBSNews reports. Plus “sickouts” have accelerated at a few airports - including roughly 50% of agents at Houston-Hobby (HOU) over a two-day stretch. Explains a lot of what we’ve seen.

BREAKING via AP The FAA has grounded all JetBlue flights due to a request from the airline. The ground stop impacts flights to all destinations, according to the advisory. It was not immediately clear why JetBlue requested the ground stop or how long it would last.

Interesting to see an unpainted 737 MAX at @PHXSkyHarbor!

.@TSA absences were a significant factor along with ATC in ending the 2018-2019 government shutdown reuters.com/article/world/…

The Israeli Air Force confirms that it struck Iran's F-14 Tomcat fleet at Isfahan Airport last night.

No CRAF activation in the works yet.

New: @AmericanAir letter to employees on @united at ORD: “”Our lease at ORD contains a unique provision that allocates gates based on how much flying each airline operates in the previous year. This provision provides the context behind a decision by United to dump capacity into its summer schedule, with the hopes of preventing American from gaining the gates” reuters.com/world/us/faa-p…

The "Freedom Plane" is being loaded today at DCA with National Archives historical documents for a nationwide tour to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the United States.

@gd83680 Sure does!

@FlyingHighRyan River visual to DCA rocks too.

One of the Top 5 best approaches in the U.S. #AvGeek

.@AmericanAir 120 from Philadelphia to Doha made it all the way to Spain, and is now returning to Philly. A nearly 15 hour flight to nowhere due to military operations in the Middle East.