<![CDATA[Contrail]]>Contrail (contrail.travel) is an aviation podcast and independent publication bringing transparency to the commercial aviation industry.

Hosted by Zachary Benitez, a 21-year-old aviation journalist who has taken 115 flights across 38 countries this year (so far). Each episode brings trip reports from the seats he actually flew, the aviation news worth knowing, and the industry explained without the jargon — why your aircraft changed at the last minute, and why one seat is quietly better than the one beside it.

]]>contrail.travelRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Tue, 27 Oct 2026 02:46:48 GMTFri, 04 Sep 2026 18:55:16 GMT60Contrail<p>Contrail (<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="contrail.travel" target="_blank">contrail.travel</a>) is an aviation podcast and independent publication bringing transparency to the commercial aviation industry.</p><p>Hosted by Zachary Benitez, a 21-year-old aviation journalist who has taken 115 flights across 38 countries this year (so far). Each episode brings trip reports from the seats he actually flew, the aviation news worth knowing, and the industry explained without the jargon — why your aircraft changed at the last minute, and why one seat is quietly better than the one beside it.</p>episodicContrailzach@thecontrail.orgno<![CDATA[Don't Blame the Crew. A Flight Attendant on Delays, Cancellations and Angry Passengers | Interview]]>When a flight is delayed, diverted or cancelled, the person standing in front of you in uniform usually found out about it when you did. Zach talks to Isreal, a flight attendant at a major US airline, about what irregular operations actually look like from the crew side: who makes the decisions, what happens when a crew "times out," what the crew are and aren't paid for while you wait, and where the line sits between an angry passenger and a federal case. A conversation about a system that strands everyone in it, and how to be decent inside it.

]]>12d7371a-6f13-4073-b2d5-de3297b06fcaWed, 09 Sep 2026 18:44:56 GMT<p>When a flight is delayed, diverted or cancelled, the person standing in front of you in uniform usually found out about it when you did. Zach talks to Isreal, a flight attendant at a major US airline, about what irregular operations actually look like from the crew side: who makes the decisions, what happens when a crew "times out," what the crew are and aren't paid for while you wait, and where the line sits between an angry passenger and a federal case. A conversation about a system that strands everyone in it, and how to be decent inside it.</p>no00:34:4811Don't Blame the Crew. A Flight Attendant on Delays, Cancellations and Angry Passengers | Interviewfull