The Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast
The Next Trip is a weekly, internationally acclaimed podcast with aviation insiders Doug and Drew, who together bring more than 40 years of industry experience as a professional pilot and a hub operations manager at a major airline. Join them, and their frequent guests, as they create a network for other AvGeeks and travel enthusiasts to obsess about all things aviation. Doug and Drew discuss today’s aviation news, share personal operational stories, regale listeners with trip reviews, and engage in friendly AvGeek banter. All thoughts and opinions are their own. Visit us at www.nexttripnetwork.com
Episodes
317 episodes
Boarding Pass 313: Dubai Airshow
Doug tapes during another trip to Taipei and Drew finishes his airport scavenger hunt. We discuss:Orders pour in from DubaiAirbus teases a new modelAn Alaska pilot is sentenced from his 2023 fire handle incident
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Episode 313
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1:00:02
Boarding Pass 312: Aviation Recovers
Doug is back from London and Drew lost a fight with a windsock. We discuss our weeks in flight and airport ops as well as the latest aviation news:Aurora Borealis wows pilots and passengers Government shutdown ends and...
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Episode 312
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49:30
Boarding Pass 311: UPS 2976
Doug is back from Taipei and Drew has a busy week at airport ops. We discuss:More nonrev adventures Thanksgiving travel numbers and a way too early weather forecast More government shutdown issues impacti...
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Episode 311
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1:00:37
Boarding Pass 310: Hawaiian (Airlines) Sunset
Doug is back from a whirlwind nonrev trip to Germany with his dad. We remember the history of Hawaiian Airlines as its airline code and operating certificate are laid to rest. We discuss:Doug and Dale’s amazing, and fast, nonrev adv...
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Episode 310
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55:03
Boarding Pass 309: Weather Balloons
Drew is back from a weekend in Quebec City and Doug is preparing for a nonrev adventure with his dad. We discuss:Birds on approach pathTravelers Aid people are interesting Engine shortagesEK9788 - ACT...
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Episode 309
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1:01:12
Boarding Pass 308: PanAm
Doug is back from his narrow body style trip to NYC and Hawaii, via Denver, and Drew is loving runway inspections between flights (literally) and helping lost pigeons in the terminal. We discuss:A Pan Am rebirth?Boeing deli...
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Episode 308
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53:13
Boarding Pass 307: FAA Staffing and Aircraft Maintenance Checks
Doug and Drew are back from trips over the Pacific to Taipei and Honolulu. Our buddy Patrick returns to the show to talk about dragging aircraft around the airport and Drew around Oahu on a packed 2-day trip. We discuss:Getting to T...
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Episode 307
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58:01
Boarding Pass 306: Boeing's New Design
Drew has to check the runway after a bird strike report and Doug is getting ready to go back to Taipei. We discuss:Passengers grabbing bags in emergenciesNo more PLAYtime Lufthansa Group announces long-h...
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Episode 306
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45:40
Boarding Pass 305: Big Cans on Narrow Bodies
Doug is back from flying the 777 to Frankfurt and Drew finished his first week on PM shift in airport operations. Fresh croissants from Germany, elevators out of service, runway inspections, and 767 crew resource management - this episode...
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Episode 305
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51:54
Boarding Pass 304: Future of ULCCs and Southwest First Class
Drew escorts a 737 and Doug is back from Zurich and New York. We discuss:The difference between the airport operations area and the movement area Helping an AvGeek with trip routingAn update on Southwest’s lon...
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Episode 304
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59:06
Boarding Pass 303: The Embraer 195 "E2" Gets Some Love
Doug is back from Amsterdam and Drew is done with airport ops manager training. We discuss:Airport RestroomsTop 10 airports according to AirHelpThe Embraer 195-E2 finally gets some loveWhat is a sterile co...
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Episode 303
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1:04:09
Boarding Pass 302: Cockpit Barriers, Westjet 787s, and Lost Baggage
Doug and Drew fight sleep deprivation after late night and overnight shifts, respectively. Doug was on late night 767 simulator training flights and Drew was watching overnight airport ops in DC. We stay awake to discuss:
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Episode 302
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57:51
Boarding Pass 301: Open Aviation Jobs
Happy Labor Day to all the aviation workers for getting where we need to be, safely, this summer. Doug and Drew talk about their aviation work weeks including Doug’s trip to Tokyo and Drew going back to airport ops midnight shift. We disc...
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Episode 301
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59:44
Boarding Pass 300: Vote on Delta's New Route
Doug and Drew talk about their exciting (not by choice) flights home on standby during a busy week. Drew also does his airfield runway inspections solo and is free to roam about the airport. Doug is back from his old love-hate work destination ...
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Episode 300
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54:01
Boarding Pass 299: Air Canada Winds Down
Doug and Drew are doing their final summer nonrev trips which promise to be exciting - not in a good way. We discuss:Who is Chester, the eskimo on the Alaska tails?Is Atmos the name of Alaska/Hawaiian’s new frequent flier p...
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Episode 299
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58:06
Boarding Pass 298: Alaska Airlines Modernizes
Drew responds to a bird strike and gets to learn more about snarge - it ain’t pretty. Doug is living a nonrev drama trying to get his family home from Denver. Both of us live vicariously through Drew’s husband Robbie who is flying to Turkey. We...
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Episode 298
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1:04:40
Boarding Pass 297: DCA NTSB Hearing Takeaways
Doug is with family in Colorado after just making it there and Drew is having to change from airline radio lingo to airport lingo. Its, “roger”… copy? We condense days of NTSB hearings on the DCA crash into 3 main takeaways. Also on this episod...
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Episode 297
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1:04:58
Boarding Pass 296: Barcelona and Bozeman
Drew is back from tubing, hiking, and a road trip between Denver and Montana and Doug is back from his new commuter station - Barcelona. We discuss:European LCCsUpdate on the JejuAir crashSouthwest sets a date for ...
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Episode 296
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59:57
Boarding Pass 295: Surprise Volcanoes
Doug is back from Amsterdam after dodging a volcano and Drew is helping the snow team train in their new equipment in sweltering heat.We discuss:What actually is the oldest airline in the world?United is the next air...
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Episode 295
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53:01
Boarding Pass 294: TSA: "Leave Your Shoes On!"
Doug had a glitchy 767 simulator flight and Drew succeeded in non-reving during the peak of summer….again. We discuss:Delta is the first U.S. airline to report 2nd quarter resultsTSA is changing its screening requirements
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Episode 294
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54:39
Boarding Pass 293: Aircraft Leasing With Anthony
Doug and Drew just celebrated the 4th of July, on opposite coasts, and are joined by buddy Anthony, Drew’s previous coworker and an expert on aircraft leasing. We discuss:Why did Anthony choose aviation as a careerThe Washi...
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Episode 293
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59:23
Boarding Pass 292: More Travel Records!
Despite warnings of a travel slowdown, we exceeded 3 million passengers on June 22nd per the TSA. Drew is facilitating EMAS repairs in hot and muggy DC (we’ll explain) and Doug was relieved to be dismissed from jury duty. We discuss:<...
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Episode 292
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1:00:20
Boarding Pass 291: More Disruptions in the Middle East
Drew had a rainy week in DC and Doug is back from his Hawaii ping pong trip after doing SFO-HNL-DEN-KOA-SFO. We discuss:NOTAMs - what are they and why do we hate them?Israel and Iran start a new warTop 10 US airlin...
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Episode 291
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53:31