Talking Flight

About Talking Flight

Alaska Airlines Captain Mike Swanigan interviews the interesting people he has met during his flying career.

Publisher

Mike Swanigan

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Oct 2012

Latest episode

23 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 72 episodes have a transcript.

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   23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 73: JSX First Officer Billy Kitchen

   Host [Host Name] interviews JSX First Officer Billy Kitchen, a recent ASU graduate, about his journey from flight student to professional pilot and the realities of starting an aviation career.

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   20 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 72: Retired Alaska Airlines Captain Edward Robertson

   Host [Host Name] interviews retired Alaska Airlines Captain Edward Robertson about his inspiring aviation journey and leadership lessons learned.

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   2 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 71: Flight Situations

   On this episode, Mike Swanigan brings together three highly experienced airline captains for a behind-the-scenes look at  what it takes to get the job done. Frontier Airlines Captain Michael Pittman, retired Delta and Northwest Airlines Captain Heidi Proch, and retired Alaska Airlines Captain Michael Hendrix each share firsthand accounts of how they dealt with some of the unusual situations that they faced on one of their trips.

Inside a recent episode

Episode 73: JSX First Officer Billy Kitchen

Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And that helps us reach a lot more customers and people that maybe don't want to go to big airports or walk through these terminals with a lot of people. So it's a lot of fun to fly on JSX. One of the things that I've heard, and what my brother-in-law, who flies for you guys as well, said, you guys operate out of FBOs. Correct. So could you tell our listeners what an FBO is and how that's different than a terminal? So an FBO, if you're familiar with general aviation or small planes, it's essentially a place that people with smaller planes go. And you can buy your fuel there. You can go in there. […]

Who has been a guest on Talking Flight

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Billy Kitchen
• Ed Robertson
• Heidi Porch

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

63 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

67

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

90

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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