Summary: <br> Mid-January means a trip to Europe for the crew, with creative flight <br> routings and adventures along the way. This year the trip brings us to Zagreb, <br> Croatia.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Also in this episode:<br> <br> <br> <br> * Norwegian is slashing crew bases and a few benefits as it tries to shore up <br> its expenses. Can the company survive?* Avianca Brazil is fighting to keep control of 10 aircraft that lessor GECAS <br> wants to reclaim* <a href="http://united.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">United Airlines</a> beat analyst <br> earnings estimates for 2018 and showed a bit of sass in celebrating that <br> accomplishment* A guy in China made his own A320. <a href="https://twitter.com/kevinjia1122/status/1086526485257629696" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">For real</a>. * <a href="http://prf.hn/click/camref:1011l4Zx/creativeref:1011l1310" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Marriott</a> renamed its loyalty program to "Bonvoy" and there are <br> questions around how well that will age.* Air India is reportedly dropping first class service. Hardly enough to save <br> that operation, but maybe it'll help?* Who is buying food for <a href="http://www.tsa.gov" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">TSA</a> and ATC employees while they're not being paid by the US <br> government? Seemingly everyone!<br> <br> <br> <br> And, as always, plenty more rambling, tangents and anecdotes. Oh, and a beer <br> tasting live in this episode. The best part of that is <a href="http://blog.wandr.me/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Seth</a> trying to say the names of <br> the different brands.<br>
