The Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast

Send us Fan Mail We start with positive news of countries opening back up to international travel and Drew’s trip to Chicago.  Other topics discussed: Aerflot suspends all international flights Airlines find routes around Russia IATA opposes bans on parts shipments to Russian Airlines ANA creating a low fare carrier called Air Japan We end with a light-hearted ranking of all the annoying passenger...

Send us Fan Mail Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, affecting millions of people. Sanctions against Russia are coming from all angles and we discuss how aviation is affected. We end with some positive news on COVID19 with infections declining and masks coming off everywhere - even on some planes. Other topics on this episode: Two Russian planes trying to enter Canadian airspace are turned b...

Send us Fan Mail The world is starting to open up but will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine change everything? We discuss the breaking news of countries closing their airspace to Russia and the unfortunate destruction of the heaviest airplane in the world, the Antonov 225, Myria. We get a lot of feedback from you regarding the use of the term “gas” versus “fuel”, you do a deeper dive into our Flyover...

Send us Fan Mail Doug and Drew meet up in DC with Doug picking up an SFO-DCA trip before he leaves the 737. Doug tells Drew his route was over some "flyover states" so we research where the term came from. Drew regales you with the history of College Park Airport which he lives by and we discus airports named after presidents on this President's Day episode. Other topics: Boeing’s n...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our first crossover episode with another aviation podcast, Nonrev Lounge.  NonRev Lounge is hosted by Tyler who works ramp, his sister Monique who’s a gate agent, and their friend Lara, a flight attendant and a previous guest on our show.  Today we have Tyler guest hosting the show with two other avgeek friends, Greg and Nate. We’re taping from SFO where we’ve met to sp...

Send us Fan Mail We keep our pilot memoirs and deice diaries short today after some mixed feedback. Who are we kidding?? Doug talks about his trip to Honduras and happening to be there for their presidential inauguration. Drew talks about running it hard with a full schedule during the Nor'easter. Also: China Airlines 747 ingested an LD3 container Boeing 787 delivery delays COVID travel rules...

Send us Fan Mail Doug’s pilot memoir this week is his return to the KC10 after several months. Was it like riding a bike? We talk about the KC10’s successor, the KC46 Pegasus, based on a 767-200 with a 767-400 flight deck. Does it measure up to the KC10 Extender? Also on this episode: The UK relaxes COVID19 documentation requirements Air India returns to the Tata Group after 69 years Lufthansa and...

Send us Fan Mail DC gets an another big snowstorm and Drew tells Doug, whatever you do, don’t connect through DC! Guess what Doug does? We got a chance to meet up and Doug got to see Drew’s deice operation in person. Our first topic is one we both are experts at - airline seats. With narrow-bodies doing more international routes, a new “Butterfly” seat, which converts from 2 standard domestic firs...

Send us Fan Mail From Martin Luther King Day, to Sidney Poitier, to United product placement, to DC8's to Hawaii? Stay with us…and yes, everything leads to aviation. We look at how far (or not) we’ve come from the DC8. Also on this episode: SST updates on Boom Overture and NASA's X59 QueSST Airport 5g buffer zones A380/747-8 replacements?  We end with our favorite avgeek dad jokes. We ap...

Send us Fan Mail We start the show sharing how busy our weeks were with snow on the East Coast and in the Midwest. Drew discusses deicing challenges with moderate to heavy snow and Doug talks about how weather issues around the sytem are constantly changing his flying schedule. Drew explores going back to pilot school to get his private pilot's license with Doug encouraging him that its never...

Send us Fan Mail We dive into the new year with our predictions for the top aviation stories of 2022.  Our main topic is the 777 and its ups and downs, pun intended, with PW4000 777’s expected to return service while the 777x sees certification delays. We end the episode with our “demands” in our Avgeek Bill of Rights. Other topics discussed: Our last flights of 2021 Omicron hits crews and causes...

Send us Fan Mail We love airplanes and we love flying...especially with a nice glass of wine to enjoy our trip. We end the year talking about how airlines choose the varieties they serve. Also in this episode: Doug flies the 737-700 hot rod Drew works on getting thousands home for the holidays  Omicron is dampening hopes for a fast recovery  Phillipine Airlines restructures We ask you: was the A38...

Send us Fan Mail We talk about our busy weeks as we help move thousands of people the week before Christmas. We give our listeners tips on how to score airline and hotel perks to take take your avgeek travel up a notch.  Other topics discussed: Boom Aerospace negotiating with Greensboro Airport for a manufacturing site for the supersonic Overture airliner United to order zero-emission hydrogen ele...

Send us Fan Mail Christmas is only 2 weeks away and airlines are busy carrying millions of packages around the world.  What better time to have two cargo pilots on?  Think cargo employees are introverts? Think again because these guys, our buddies Matt and Stephen, are a plane load of fun. Join the conversation!  https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/ https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/

Send us Fan Mail We review Thanksgiving week traffic and congratulate the airlines on a smooth operation with few cancelations. Topics covered: Traffic is back but the Omicron variant could change everything Some countries start closing borders to international traffic  Business travel is on the road to recovery  We note several aircraft with wingspans greater than their lengths.  Join the convers...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome our first corporate aviation employee, Embraer Phenom 300 pilot, Sean. We knew that corporate flying was different from the airlines but we were impressed with all the additional functions Sean does. This includes creating his own flight plans, doing the passenger safety briefing, fueling his own plane, and even serving cocktails when needed. He discusses the perks and...

Send us Fan Mail We're approaching the busy travel season in the US with TSA passenger screenings nearing 2019 levels. Doug and Drew will be in the thick of it, working to get some of the 5 million travelers to their destinations safely. We ask you, our listeners, to guess what the highest daily total of passengers screened in the US will be during the Thanksgiving holiday travel week. The li...

Send us Fan Mail Special guest, international Dubai-based flight attendant and avgeek Roxi, joins us and explains her path from Europe to Dubai and from Law and Criminology to Aviation. She’s been an avgeek her whole life and now she’s living her dream traveling the world and becoming an aviation social media celebrity. We chat about her favorite aircraft, the Boeing 777 (Booboo) and the Airbus A3...

Send us Fan Mail Doug  and Drew are back from their avgeek trip and getting back to their normal format. In this episode they discuss: The Boeing 787 celebrating its 10th anniversary SkyWest and American cancelations The US opening up to travel from Europe Supply chain issues and how they affect airlines We end with a debate on how to pronounce SFO and other city codes. Yes, there's a poll of...

Send us Fan Mail Come along with Doug and Drew on a 26-hour avgeek marathon trip from San Francisco (Burlingame) to New York (Elizabeth) and back. We're celebrating getting to 100 episodes last week with a widebody transcon, premium economy, a great walk and brunch in NYC, airline lounges, and domestic first class. We tape on our trip so enjoy background lounge and engine noises and listen to...

Send us Fan Mail Doug and Drew make it to 100 episodes! We reminisce about how it started and how we really are creating a community of aviation and travel enthusiasts. We're joined by three avgeek friends and listeners who've been with us from the start. They show their appreciation of the show by roasting us and boy were they mean (in the nicest way possible). We end the show by teasin...

Send us Fan Mail Doug flies the 737 for the first time, with passengers, and gets a red carpet welcome at Drew's airport.  We review Doug's first airline work trip from takeoff at SFO, across the country, and back. Other topics discussed Southwest cancelations  The Tata's come full circle and regain ownership of Air India Delta makes a profit United adds flights  We end the episode...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome our first flight attendant on the show, Lara, who's career began when America West founder, Ed Beauvais, asked her to come work for him when she was mowing the lawn. We ask her all about her career including how she gets sleep in other time zones, whether she prefers working in First Class or Main Cabin, and what all those chimes mean.  You gotta hear her story! La...

Send us Fan Mail Doug and Drew are joined by Avgeek Travel Agent and LAX Dorkfest friend Eric. Eric's flexible schedule allows him to fly on inauagural and final flights and his stories make the rest of us avgeeks  with regular jobs jealous. He tells us about how he got into aviaton and how he is finding a niche being a travel agent as the profession has gone through a downturn.  We also disc...

Send us Fan Mail Drew is back from LAX Dorkfest and Doug turns a wor  trip into his own spotting getaway at SFO. Also on this episode Study finds PCR tests are almost 100% accurate  US lifts travel restrictions on several countries  Criminal indictment for Boeing technical pilot  AA/JetBlue alliance Emirates hiring 3,000 cabin crew  Does visiting an airport count as visiting that city? https://www...