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
305 episodes
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
Boarding Pass 290: Air India 171
Doug is back from Rome, and Drew is getting used to midnight airport ops and is back to private pilot training. We discuss:Hurricane Hunter Kermit visits Washington Reagan National AirportGood news for Boom Supersonic...
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Episode 290
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56:29
Boarding Pass 289: Airport Playset
Drew is enjoying the midnight shift, but not the lack of sleep, so Doug gives him some tips on getting shut eye on an irregular schedule. Doug is back from sunny Frankfurt, a city he’s getting to know better. Speaking of sunny, we give yo...
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Episode 289
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59:55
Boarding Pass 288: Blue Sky
Drew is preparing mentally for overnight shifts, as airport ops manager, and Doug is done with KC46 flying and is about to fly to Frankfurt. We discuss:A European country cracks down on a common practiceAirbus deliver...
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Episode 288
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54:38
Boarding Pass 287: Airport Design Aircraft
Doug is back from Paris and Drew responded to his first birdstrike or “snarge”. We get into how bird strikes affect safety and what we do to mitigate them. Also on this episode:Snarge is large - bird strikes happen all the tim...
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Episode 287
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50:49
Boarding Pass 286: Airport Slots
Drew is still learning how to do runway inspections and Doug pushes the 767 to the limit (in a simulator). We discuss:Alaska, or Hawaiian?, launches Transpacific flights from SeattleMore news out of NewarkA thaw in...
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Episode 286
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1:00:46
Boarding Pass 285: Squawking is for the Birds
Doug is back from London, no wait, Beijing(?), while Drew is just off a week of midnight shifts - we're both sleep deprived but caffeined up for a fun episode. We discuss:Aviation momsHeart Aerospace moves to the US
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Episode 285
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51:19
Boarding Pass 284: JetBlue and...
Doug is back from whirlwind Air Force and airline trips around the Pacific and to Chicago and Drew passed his airport movement area driving test. We discuss:U.S. cities that supposedly resemble European cities Airspace...
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Episode 284
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1:01:18
Boarding Pass 283: Airport Funding
Doug is taping from a Pacific island on his Air Force mission and Drew drove on a runway for the first time. We discuss:Shepherd OneAirlines navigate through uncertainty Airport business modelsJoi...
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Episode 283
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49:51
Boarding Pass 282: Boeing Trouble in China
Drew is on his 2nd week of training at his airport ops manager job and Doug flew the skies of California in a KC46. We discuss:Aviation action figuresEconomic uncertainty and Boeing delivery woeseVTOL plans for NYC...
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Episode 282
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56:08
Boarding Pass 281: Airport Operations
Drew just finished his first week as an airport ops manager and Doug is back from Amsterdam as the IATA Summer schedule starts. We discuss:FAA Airport CategoriesManufacturing A320s in the USHow tariffs are affectin...
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Episode 281
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52:42
Boarding Pass 280: Mixed Signals Part II
Doug is back from London and Drew is back from SFOh and Taipei and we’ve got some stories to tell. Drew is also enjoying a few days of “retirement” before moving into airport ops in the DC area. Largest airlines in 2024 measure...
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Episode 280
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55:39
Boarding Pass 279: Travel Downturn?
Doug is back from Honolulu and Drew celebrated his retirment from the airlines. We discuss:Airlines see bookings dropPilots not packing passports More DCA midair drama, this time with an Air Force jet and a ki...
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Episode 279
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57:26