The Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast

May 05 2024 79
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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

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Boarding Pass 232: Aviation Bill

May 05 2024 52 mins  
Drew is back from an airport ops summer planning session in Chicago and Doug visited Amsterdam (not just the airport) for the first time. Drew also had a visit from, Aaron, our favorite podcast critic. We discuss:Boeing 767 slide falls near house of lawyer suing Boeing for a plug door falling out.Turkish orders up to 235 planes from Airbus and Boeing.Air China orders 100 COMAC C919

Boarding Pass 231: Tool Belt Generation

Apr 28 2024 58 mins  
Doug is back from Raleigh Durham after flight simulator training on the KC46 and Drew is getting better at landings on a Cessna 172. We discuss:Lara from Non Rev Lounge Podcast visits DC.Will Gen Z, the Toolbelt Generation, fill aviation's need for skilled technicians?Southwest cuts service and expects to lose 2,000 employees this year.American has a loss in the 1st quarter bu

Boarding Pass 230: Mystery Flight

Apr 21 2024 52 mins  
Would you pay 30,000 miles for a flight to a mystery destination? We would, and so did several lucky passengers who got to fly on SAS to Athens. We discuss this and:Delta and United report 1st quarter performance.Southwest and United reduce schedule due to Boeing 737 delivery delays.Floods in Dubai shut down the airport.You're never too old for a new chapter….in aviation! Jo

Boarding Pass 229: Jeff Wise Talks Boeing and MH370

Apr 14 2024 68 mins  
Science journalist, Jeff Wise, joins us to share his views on how Boeing lost its way after it acquired McDonnell Douglas. We also look back at one of aviation's biggest unsolved mysteries - the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370 just over 10 years ago. Check out Jeff’s recent article on Boeing and his intriguing podcast uncovering the latest clues to what happened to

Boarding Pass 228: Here Today, Gone ToMaui

Apr 07 2024 53 mins  
Drew is back from Hong Kong and Doug is about to do domestic legs from Chicago, to Denver, and then to Maui. How does he pack for this? We discuss:US adds 303,000 jobs, more than forecast, promising a strong summer travel season.Doug and Drew love to name lounges according to their themes. Is the “Captain Cook “ lounge at SFO related to Pan Am’s Clipper Club lounges?Alaska Ai

Boarding Pass 227: WE ARE NOT GOING TO SYDNEY

Mar 31 2024 49 mins  
Doug is back from a nonrev family adventure to Santiago, Chile while Drew was busy getting snowbirds to the Caribbean. We discuss:Jetblue/Hawaiian/Alaska merge into Blue Pacific?Boom Overture tester, the XB-1, takes flight!Leadership shakeup at Boeing Spring Break volumes and airspace bottlenecks Do crews on turns to Canada and Mexico need to clear customs?We finish with Drew tapin

Boarding Pass 226: The WindRunner?

Mar 24 2024 57 mins  
Doug had 3 trips since the last episode - DC to SFO, SFO to Osaka, and an out and back KC46 flight at Travis AFB in California. Drew had a quiet week with a flight lesson and a smooth week managing the a hub operation. We talk about what may be the biggest airplane ever, the WindRunner by start-up Radia, which will transport wind turbines. We also discuss:United expects its busiest

Boarding Pass 225: Clear Air Turbulence

Mar 17 2024 45 mins  
Doug and Drew meet up in DC with a crew of avgeeks that give us a lot of material. Two of them, Drew's coworkers Andy and Patrick, have been on the show. Doug definitely got an earful. We also discuss:Southwest slashes capacity due to Boeing 737 Max delivery delays.Cathay Pacific is back in the black with huge profits.Delta CEO says they're seeing record demand over the n

Boarding Pass 224: Operations Part 2

Mar 11 2024 58 mins  
Doug is back from Paris while Drew couldn't get off the ground in Baltimore. It’s Doug’s turn to talk about how his pilot work day starts. We also discuss:Jetblue/ Spirit merger drama ends.A United 777 departing SFO loses a wheel and diverts to LAX.American orders 737 Max 10s AND A321s.Why is pilot hiring slowing. It's not necessarily the economy.Join the conversation

Boarding Pass 223: Operations Part 1

Mar 03 2024 58 mins  
Drew talks about how he begins his work day and how an airline hub operations begins. Doug is back from Beijing, where the 737 Max is flying again, and where eating shrimp isn’t as easy as it sounds - he explains. We discuss:Solar Eclipse travel and Delta’s flight along the path of “totality” .Chinese airlines can add another 50 flights to the US, further thawing relations.