The Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast

Updated: 02 Jun 2025 • 292 episodes
www.nexttripnetwork.com

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 Drew is preparing mentally for overnight shifts, as airport ops manager,  and Doug is done with KC46 flying and is about to fly to Frankfurt. We discuss:A European country cracks down on a common practiceAirbus delivery delays737 MAX newsThe “new” Southwest arrivesJetBlue’s new allianceAirplane water htt

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Send us a text Doug is back from Paris and Drew responded to his first birdstrike or “snarge”.  We get into how bird strikes affect safety and what we do to mitigate them. Also on this episode:Snarge is large - bird strikes happen all the time777X updateTransatlantic flight cancelationsFAA reduces flights at EWRAn airp

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Send us a text Drew is still learning how to do runway inspections and Doug pushes the 767 to the limit (in a simulator). We discuss:Alaska, or Hawaiian?, launches Transpacific flights from SeattleMore news out of NewarkA thaw in tariffs opens the order floodgatesBack to the future with slot restrictions at EWR?Contrib

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Send us a text Doug is back from London, no wait, Beijing(?), while Drew is just off a week of midnight shifts - we"re both sleep deprived but caffeined up for a fun episode. We discuss:Aviation momsHeart Aerospace moves to the USJetblue updateGlobal Airlines might actually flyAirport bond ratingsSquawking, its not jus

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Send us a text Doug is back from whirlwind Air Force and airline trips around the Pacific and to Chicago and Drew passed his airport movement area driving test. We discuss:U.S. cities that supposedly resemble European cities Airspace trouble between India and PakistanA bright spot in the travel sectorLatest JetBlue gos

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Send us a text Doug is taping from a Pacific island on his Air Force mission and Drew drove on a runway for the first time. We discuss:Shepherd OneAirlines navigate through uncertainty Airport business models Join the conversation!  Learn more about the Pope’s American Airlines Shepherd One flight from our buddy Ryan E

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