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Bryan Air is on the ground at the IATA World Data Symposium 2026 in Singapore, and the message from the top is clear: AI and data are becoming pilot competencies, not just IT projects. Singapore Airlines collects two gigabytes of data on a single flight to Heathrow, and the industry is racing to figure out what to do with it all. From a passport control experience with zero humans to a CEO who ditched the script and spoke about bringing people along with the technology, this episode sets the tone for what is coming. The question for pilots is not whether this wave reaches your flight deck, but whether you will be ready when it does.

In this episode of The Bryan Air Podcast, Bryan Roseveare and Ryan Parrock report live from IATA WDS 2026 in Singapore, discussing AI and data as pilot competencies, Changi Airport's automation, Singapore Airlines leadership, fuel price impacts, and their theme for the week: digital, AI-enhanced, deeply human.

✈ TIME-STAMPED FLIGHT PLAN

00:00 Welcome to Singapore and IATA WDS 2026

01:30 How Kim and Al Corley opened the door to this event

03:00 Translating boardroom data conversations for the flight deck

03:51 Changi Airport: touchdown to taxi in 20 minutes flat

09:16 Singapore Airlines CEO on AI as a pilot competency

13:30 From paper to digital: the journey that led us here

14:48 Cybersecurity and data protection running in parallel

16:22 New podcast booth, world news, and what pilots are watching

19:58 Fuel prices, fare hikes, and the competition question in South Africa

22:18 Reconnecting with former SA Express colleagues across Asia

24:30 What we want to take home from this conference

26:25 Live show announcement and the week ahead

27:07 Our theme: digital, AI-enhanced, deeply human

28:52 Wrap up and preview of upcoming episodes and guests

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