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
280 episodes
Boarding Pass 276: We Have No Choice
Drew is back from an airport operations conference in Chicago and Doug’s KC46 flight gets canceled by birds. We discuss:ATC Controller paper on leased aircraft and when call signs don’t match liveries. Link here:
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Episode 276
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1:00:23
Boarding Pass 275: Aircraft Leasing
Doug is in Taipei, again, and Drew is back after 24hrs in Paris. Neither time zones, sleep deprivation, nor fatigue will keep us from recording an episode! We discuss:Southwest aborted landing at MDW due to private jetGE wi...
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Episode 275
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50:34
Boarding Pass 274: Delta Connection Flight 4819
Drew comes back from sun and warmth to freezing temps and deicing and Doug gets a day off with his AF reserve flight canceled. We discuss:Airlines continue their return to Israel as the ceasefire holdsSouthwest announced fi...
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Episode 274
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53:15
Boarding Pass 273: Top Airlines of the World
Doug and Drew are back from Asia and have some some great travel stories to tell. Drew’s return flight plan from Colombo had him flying in the opposite direction to get home. Doug was back in Manila where the country is booming and people are n...
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Episode 273
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50:34
Boarding Pass 271: PSA Airlines Flight 5342
We look at the facts after a tragic accident involving a Blackhawk helicopter and AA5342 from Wichita to Washington Reagan National operated by a PSA CRJ700. Our thoughts are with the families and our extended airline family at PSA and American...
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Episode 271
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49:24
Boarding Pass 269: Shampoo and Conditioner
Doug is taping from warm Taipei and Drew is back from cold Chicago to colder DC. We discuss:Deice procedures reviewSouthwest and Spirit cut costsDOT fines more airlines for recurring delaysMore orders for ...
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Episode 269
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43:14
Boarding Pass 267: Flying into 2025
Drew started 2025 flying to Denver for work and Doug is finishing a fun (and stressful) couple weeks at home. Drew is also prepping for the biggest Mid Atlantic storm in years. We discuss:Winter Storm BlairThe most on time ...
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Episode 267
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49:00
Boarding Pass 266: Looking Forward After a Terrible Week
We recount four back to back accidents this week, as 2024 comes to a close, but we also remember the positive things that happened in aviation this year. In this episode we discuss:IT glitches at American and JALSouthwest is cle...
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Episode 266
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40:25
Boarding Pass 265: AvGeek Stocking Stuffers
Doug is back from New York and Tokyo and Drew is on a much needed break from a busy start to the Christmas travel week. There’s no huge aviation news this week so we have a bunch fun news stocking stuffers for you. On this episode we discuss:
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Episode 265
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54:45
Boarding Pass 263: The Top (And Bottom) 10 Airlines
Doug and Drew contributed to the record passenger traffic on Sunday , December 1 and talk about their trips back from Chicago and Nashville. On this episode we discuss:TSA sets passenger screening record.Airline ticket taxes and...
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Episode 263
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51:38
Boarding Pass 262: Deplaning
The holiday travel season is starting and Doug and Drew will be both airline employees and passengers. We’re excited about our travel this week and about the busy season, at work, before us. We discuss:Our Thanksgiving feasts.TS...
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Episode 262
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49:09
Boarding Pass 261: Spirit Files for Bankruptcy
Doug is in Taipei and Drew’s station had its first Winter Ops event. We’re all abuzz about the upcoming US Thanksgiving travel week which is expected to be the busiest ever. We discuss:Thanksgiving travel forecasts.American Airl...
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Episode 261
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1:00:06
Boarding Pass 260: Where Do We Go From Here?
Aired on November 18, 2024Doug is taping from trip 2 to Taipei and Drew is enjoying the calm before the snow storms and the crowds of the holiday season. We take a look at where people are going this year and how many are planning to tra...
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Episode 260
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55:39
Boarding Pass 259: Bye Bye Bouncies
Doug has just arrived in Taipei after a 14 hour flight and Drew welcomes the first new 787 into the fleet in 2 years. We discuss:The US elections and how it affects aviation.Boeing machinists are back at work!Boom Aeropa...
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Episode 259
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54:16
Boarding Pass 258: The XLR Arrives
Drew is back from a winter ops summit and Doug’s body clock is all over the map after a multi-day domestic trip. We discuss:An airline starts bouncing boarding line-cutters.European airlines see softening load factors and Spirit...
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Episode 258
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52:56
Boarding Pass 257: From Packages to Passengers
Our buddy and 2nd time guest, Stephen, joins us to talk about going from cargo to passenger flying. We had to have him on atfer a hotline message last week where he wanted to strangle us about our pronunciation of new airline destinations...
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Episode 257
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57:48
Boarding Pass 256: Trouble on Both Sides of the Pond
Doug and Drew have an impromptu avgeek meetup in DC, Doug packs sweaters and hula shirts for this trip, and Drew welcomes pandas back to DC. In this episode we discuss: Panda Diplomacy.The recipe for frost .Ma...
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Episode 256
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53:15
Boarding Pass 255: Freedoms of Flight
Doug is back from Barcelona and Drew just did his 2nd Cessna 172 solo. Drew gets a visit from a group of airline mileage members and was asked “what do you do when a plane crashes?”. We discuss: Exotic routes announced for next summer....
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Episode 255
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46:20
Boarding Pass 254: Lift Defined
Drew celebrates 25 years at the company and gets a visit from world traveler and frequent guest, Ian. Doug takes the jumpseat on a personal trip home and feels like he’s at work. We discuss: Mark Cuban asks for lifetime travel. Israel’s ground ...
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Episode 254
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52:12
Boarding Pass 253: KC10 Extender Farewell
Doug has an emotional send off to the last KC10 in service. We remember the KC10 and its predecessor, the DC10, with stories about our most memorable flights. Doug also talks about his trip to NYC, cough, Newark, and Drew recaps his Winter Kick...
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Episode 253
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51:56