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
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Send us a text 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 kiteAviation legislation through the yearsListener comments Flight plans for this week Join the co
Send us a text Doug is on the KC46 simulators this week and Drew has some big career news. We’re also planning California and Hawaii trips.Airport theoryNew pick to lead the FAAFrontier takes a swipe at SouthwestListener’s airport list - plus our own Drew’s big newsMore listener feedback Join the conversation! https:/
Send us a text Doug is back from 777 training in Denver and Drew runs out of spare 737s on the ground…but wait, what’s in the air? We discuss:US economy is seeing some headwinds with airlines bracing for lower bookingsPerformance guidance from the big carriersSouthwest gives in to bag feesSpirit does an about face afte
Send us a text 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: https://ifatca.org/wp-content/uploads/WP158.pdfYet ANOTHER new aviation startup is aiming to
Send us a text 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 wins huge engine order from JapanArcher Aviation releases 2024 results and updates o
Send us a text 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 first-ever layoffsBoeing updated its 20-year forecast for Southeast AsiaBoom superso