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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...
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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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Episodes
Boarding Pass 334: Airfares Continue to Rise
4/27/2026
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Drew is learning how to use a firearm at the airport and Doug just made his wine and cheese cruise in Amsterdam. We discuss:
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Duration:00:57:20
Boarding Pass 333: United and American?
4/20/2026
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Doug is back from Frankfurt and Drew is playing airport cop catching speeders. We discuss:
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Duration:01:10:15
Boarding Pass 332: Jet Fuel Crisis
4/13/2026
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Drew is back from Belgium and Holland with with a nonrev success story and Doug is recovering from his Japan vacation. we discuss:
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Duration:00:56:17
Boarding Pass 332: Jet Fuel Crisis
4/13/2026
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Drew is back from Belgium and Holland with with a nonrev success story and Doug is recovering from his Japan vacation. we discuss:
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Duration:00:59:55
Boarding Pass 331: Air Canada Express 8646
4/6/2026
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Duration:01:03:24
Boarding Pass 330: Listener Lounge
3/30/2026
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Duration:00:37:17
Boarding Pass 329: Air Taxis and Oil Prices
3/23/2026
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Doug’s KC46 flight is canceled, and he reverts to the flight simulator, and Drew’s trip to Austin is canceled due to heavy loads, caused by South by Southwest, and a DC ATC center shutdown. We discuss:
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Duration:00:53:49
Boarding Pass 328: The Concorde Room
3/16/2026
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Duration:01:05:54
Boarding Pass 327: Aviation Chaos in the Middle East
3/9/2026
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Doug is back from a domestic grind to Denver, Kona, and Chicago and Drew is back from a conference in Pennsylvania followed by a quick trip to Germany. We discuss:
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Duration:00:54:06
Boarding Pass 326: ROTOR Act Fails
3/2/2026
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Doug is back from London and Drew gets to sit in the tower for a snow event.
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Duration:00:47:57
Boarding Pass 325: Las Vegas Slump?
2/23/2026
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Doug is back from his new “usual”, Brisbane, Australia, and Drew discusses an ATC flow program as they transition from paper to electronic flight progress strips.
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Duration:00:49:07
Boarding Pass 324: eTickets
2/16/2026
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Duration:00:56:21
Boarding Pass 323: Super Bowl LX Flights
2/9/2026
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Doug was able to rendezvous with his parents in Brisbane and Drew managed through multiple irregular operations at work. We discuss:
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Duration:00:55:28
Boarding Pass 322: Remembering PSA 5342 and PAT 25
2/2/2026
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Drew survives Winter Storm Fern, and the longest shift of his career, and Doug flew one of the last flights out of EWR before Fern shut down operations. We discuss:
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Duration:01:06:24
Boarding Pass 321: Winter Storm Fern
1/26/2026
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Drew is taping from the airport in DC, where he is bracing for snow storm Fern, and Doug is in Newark preparing to fly out during the storm. We discuss:
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Duration:01:02:53
Boarding Pass 320: Delta Back to Boeing
1/19/2026
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Duration:01:00:42
Boarding Pass 319: Superpower
1/12/2026
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Duration:00:53:57
Boarding Pass 318: A Fresh Start
1/5/2026
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Doug and Drew look back at our travel for 2025 with friend of the show and world traveler, Ian. We discuss:
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Duration:00:57:33
Extra Section 5: Oscar Munoz
12/29/2025
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Duration:01:02:36
Boarding Pass 317: Spirit's Holiday Lifeline and other Christmas Gifts
12/22/2025
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Doug is back from Auckland and Denver and Drew is managing the busy pre-Christmas rush. We discuss:
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Duration:01:00:24