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
The Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast
Boarding Pass 249: What's the Problem With the 777X?
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Doug and Drew
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Episode 249
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 Weekend passenger loads.
Doug’s hometown, Dubuque is getting scheduled service again.
A tragic tire explosion in Atlanta.
The 777 is grounded again, this time by Boeing for thrust link cracks
Are stretched versions of aircraft better, operationally?
Smokey and the Bandit, yes, Smokey and the Bandit.
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