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John Mistretta's avatar

I think I could cover books, music, and food for well over four hours—3.5 of which would revolve around the food part.

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Nothing wrong with that!

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Andrew Smith's avatar

This is very cool for writers like me who know you pretty well! I enjoyed the peek behind the curtain you gave me a while back .

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's a big part of my life that doesn't get talked about much. Not 'cause it's secret or anything, but kinda out of context to what I normally write about. I'd like to find more ways to work it in here & there.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

I'm also a fan of boring stuff, or at least what other folks consider boring. They're dummies!

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Rocco Pendola's avatar

Okay, bookmarking this to listen later, over the weekend. I've been dying to hear you go deeper on aviation/air travel.

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Right on! I hope you find it interesting. We focused a lot of the front-facing part of travel/UX., which was awesome. One of these times, I'd like to go WAY deep into things like operations, networks (and network effects), and things like the EAS program. As a small example, JetBlue recently announced they're suspending their Buffalo-LAX nonstop.

Why? Is it part of their overall revamping of network strategy, or is it something simple, like a 2nd order effect of the runway construction this summer? Where will those lines of flying go (if anywhere)? And so on...

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Rocco Pendola's avatar

Funny you mention that. I have always wondered why JetBlue even had an LAX-BUF nonstop. The only one I know of. It worked for me, but seemed odd.

When the news of their cuts came down, it didn't mention that route. I think my nieces booked it for October. I wonder if they're screwed!

By the way, if you launched a sub-Substack that goes deep on this stuff i think it would do well.

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

It was announced after the first round of cuts. I'd meant to mention it you when I first saw it. I'm not 100% sure if it's gone for good, or just while runway construction is happening. Without looking, that's gotta be the longest flight out of Buffalo?

As for a sub-Substack, I just might!

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Rocco Pendola's avatar

It probably is. Could there be a longer Mexico or Hawaii flight? I don't know.

You should do it!!

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