#819: Radar Failed Before SQ321 Turbulence & StanChart CEO Calls Staff “Lower-Value Human Capital”

#819: Radar Failed Before SQ321 Turbulence & StanChart CEO Calls Staff “Lower-Value Human Capital”

May 20, 2026 · 53 min · Episode 824

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The episode discusses the findings of the SQ321 turbulence investigation and comments from Standard Chartered Bank's CEO on workforce reductions due to AI.

The final report on SQ321’s turbulent disaster from 2024 has been released. It clears crew but cannot rule out radar malfunction that left pilots blind to weather, killing one. Elsewhere, Standard Chartered Bank CEO Bill Winters calls 7,800 cuts in ahead of AI 'replacing lower-value human capital. 🔔 Enjoyed this one? Please 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘 to the channel so you don't miss our latest episodes. Every subscriber helps us grow, open doors to new guests, stories, formats or ideas! 𝙁𝙤𝙡𝙠𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 , 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥, 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘥. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬. 🎙️ 𝙁𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝘿𝙖𝙮…

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