The Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast
The Next Trip is a weekly 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 or follow us on Twitter at @nexttrippodcast
Episodes
259 episodes
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
Boarding Pass 252: Alaska and Hawaiian's Future
Aired on September 23Drew is fresh off short field landing practice on the Cessna 172 and Doug had some KC46 late night flying. We discuss:Airport anxiety - gatexiety.Boeing freezes hiring.Update on Alaska/Hawaiia...
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Episode 252
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56:35
Boarding Pass 251: Contact, Incursions, Strikes, and Shakeups
Doug is back from London, which we love, and Drew's back on the Cessna 172. We talk about Thai food in London, a wedding in Philadelphia, and pickleball in DC, oh and aviation too 😃. This week:QRHs vs ECAM/EICAS Atlanta tax...
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Episode 251
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54:24
Boarding Pass 250: Partner Swap
Doug and Drew remember the events of September 11, 2001 and recognize a flight attendant’s moving tribute to the airline family we lost. We also discuss:Engine trouble on A350s around the globe.Update on changes at Southwest.
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Episode 250
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51:14
Boarding Pass 249: What's the Problem With the 777X?
Contributor, buddy, and aviation engineer, Greg joins us to talk about thrust links, MCAS, airplane tire pressure, and more. Doug and Drew have a fun meetup in DC but Doug’s return trip to SFO took 30hrs! We discuss:Record Labor Day Wee...
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Episode 249
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54:04
Boarding Pass 248: Staying Ahead of the Plane
Aired on August 26, 2024Doug is back from a rainy Amsterdam and Drew is recovering from the recovery after storms last week. We discuss:Horizon diversion and high minimum captains…it’s not an emergency! Elliott Manag...
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Episode 248
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55:18
Boarding Pass 247: The Boeing 247
Doug's getting used to his new plane, the KC46, and so is Drew on the Cessna 172. Both of us are enjoying flying as anxiety about learning a new plane eases. We also discuss:Takeoff and travel vibe music.Is the Alaska/Hawaiian mer...
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Episode 247
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43:41
Boarding Pass 246: Basic Business
Drew couldn't escape thunderstorms and diversions this week and Doug becomes a KC46 trainer. Doug and family brave the summer load factors and nonrev to Denver. We discuss:Basic Business? Delta may unbundle Business, eliminating perks l...
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Episode 246
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48:23
Boarding Pass 245: A "Disappointing" Record Breaking Quarter and a New Beginning at Boeing
Doug is back from Amsterdam and Drew has a new flight instructor and, phew, he’s great. A listener said that we were ahead of the curve with our discussion about supertugs and then about mentioning “rawdogging” before it became an avgeek househ...
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Episode 245
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1:01:09
Boarding Pass 244: Not Your Grandma's Southwest
Drew is back from New Zealand and Australia and Doug is just off a triangle route, going from San Francisco to Tokyo to New York and back. We recap our trips and discuss:Paris Olympics causes Delta and Air France financial losses.
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Episode 244
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53:50
Boarding Pass 243: Down Undah
Drew made it to New Zealand but it wasn’t without some drama. Doug gives the 767 simulator a workout with some dangerours scenarios. We also discuss:Carriers increase service to New Zealand from the US.FAA grants Boeing a TIA (t...
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Episode 243
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45:55
Boarding Pass 242: Drew Flies Alone
Joe, Drew's flight instructor, joins us to talk about teaching people to fly. His last lesson as a CFI happened to be Drew's solo flight! We discuss:Drew's still on cloud 9 after soloingWhat got Joe into aviation Bo...
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Episode 242
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59:02
Boarding Pass 241: Ryan Can Fly and Move Planes
Special guest, Ryan, joins us to talk about becoming a private pilot and supervising the Move Team. Doug is back from a domestic 777 circuit including SFO, IAH, DEN, and OGG (Maui). He talks about landing a huge plane on a tiny runway. We also ...
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Episode 241
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1:04:17
Boarding Pass 240: Rawdoggin
Rawdogging is the challenge of taking a long flight with no IFE, books, music, or sleep. Rawdoggers sit there staring at the cabin, out the window, and at the airshow map - basically what avgeeks do everyday. We’re calling cultural appropriatio...
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Episode 240
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1:00:24
Boarding Pass 239: Rocking Chairs and SSTs
Doug is back from 777 simulator training at Denver and Drew is getting ready to solo a (real) Cessna 172. Doug is also choosing patio furniture and guess what… we’ve got an aviation patio furniture story! We discuss: Short runway, big planes at...
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Episode 239
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52:24
Boarding Pass 238: 40-Year-Old Virgin
Virgin Atlantic celebrates 40 years of service this month. We reminisce about the groundbeaking airline's growth and how it's looking to rejuvenate with new management. In other news, Doug is summering in Breckenridge and, for balance, Drew's o...
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Episode 238
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52:21
Boarding Pass 237: Starliner's "Long Tarmac Delay"
Doug is back from steamy hot and bustling Manila, and Drew’s still getting cockpit-blocked on his Cessna 172 training flights. This time Drew's training was canceled when a Yak 52 gear collapse caused the single runway airport to close. O...
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Episode 237
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54:02
Boarding Pass 236: Mixed Signals
Doug thought he was flying a 777 to Frankfurt but ended up in Barcelona (sorry, Barthelona) while Drew was playing avgeek tour guide again in DC. We discuss:We broke a US air travel record on Friday .American changing course aft...
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Episode 236
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55:54
Boarding Pass 235: Singapore 321
Doug is back from another Osaka trip and Drew is off for Memorial Day weekend…possibly the busiest in history. We discuss:(Airline) Summer has started with the TSA expecting almost 3 million passengers on Friday, a new record Ai...
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Episode 235
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49:48
Boarding Pass 234: Embraer Superiority
Drew got some good Cessna 172 training in with his first landing at an airport which wasn’t the one he took off from. Martin State Airport to Easton, MD was the route which was short but only 15 miles shy of a “cross country” training flight. D...
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Episode 234
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53:01
Boarding Pass 233: San Francisco Oakland Airport?
Doug is back from Paris after a triangle routing of SFO-EWR-CDG-SFO. He basically has no idea which time zone his body clock is in! He talks about the Olympic buzz already being felt around the city. We discuss:Paris airports prepare fo...
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Episode 233
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56:34