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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 50 years of industry experience as a professional pilot and an airport operations manager. 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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Northern fLights Extra Section May 13, 2021

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Doug and Drew and over a dozen of our AMAZING listeners attended the first Northern fLights event in Anchorage! Listen to our recap of the Alaska Airlines milk run (flight 65) from Seattle to Anchorage via Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, and Juneau. Plus, we talk about the main event - spotting late into the night at one of the busiest cargo hubs in the world.

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Boarding Pass 076: On the Road Again! May 10, 2021

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Aired on May 10, 2021

Doug and Drew are on the way to Alaska and their Northern fLights listener meet-up. We stop at an LAX lounge to tape this week's episode. Sorry not sorry for the ambient airport noises and both of us interrupting the taping when a 777 lands.

Topics discussed

Passenger volume increases
The age of premium economy?
Airlines refer unruly passengers to the FAA
Zoom fatigue and cabin fever

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Boarding Pass 075: The Aviation May 03, 2021

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Aired on May 3, 2021

Doug and Drew are joined by Andy, a former airline employee and lifelong fringe avgeek who also makes a mean Aviation (the drink). Will our Old Fashioned’s be replaced by Aviations as our signature Next Trip cocktail? Andy and Drew reminisce about their final 747 flight and then Doug regales us with his white knuckle touch and go landings in the DC10 simulator this week!

Other topics discussed:

Andy remembers his favorite aviation moment when he watched a 747 transport the Space Shuttle Discovery to Washington Dulles Airport
Avelo Airlines launches 737 service from Burbank to Santa Rosa. Will its leisure point to point model work?
An Alaska government official gets banned for not complying with mask guidelines and has to figure out how to get from Anchorage to Juneau
Alaska Airlines launches a special livery which Drew doesn’t dislike

We finish this week with an update on Next Trip Northern fLights. We will be on Alaska flight 65, the “Milk Run” departing Seattle at 830a on Friday, May 7 and arriving in Anchorage at 415p. We’ll meet everyone at the Moose’s Tooth Pub at 630p to plan our spotting the next 2 days.

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Boarding Pass 074: Next Trip Crystal Ball Apr 26, 2021

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Aired on April 25, 2021

Doug and Drew looked into our Avgeek cyrstal ball a year ago and forecast that we’d be at 75% of 2019 capacity by the summer of 2020. American Airlines announced that they would be at 80% this summer so we were close! Not so much on our forecast of travel bubbles which look to be overtaken by “Green” destinations.

Topics covered:

EVA Air repaints its Hello Kitty 777-300 back to normal
Aer Lingus flew leased 757’s which were another casualty of COVID19
Would you pay for extra legroom?
Virgin Atlantic predicts they will resume all flights by November
Southwest and American say leisure travel is rebounding
We talk about how to get a job in the airlines

We finish the episode with an update on our Alaska trip, Northern fLights. Agenda below:

08MAY

830a - depart SEA on Alaska Airlines flight 65
415p - arrive ANC (We’ll be staying at the Captain Cook Hotel)
630p - Meet up at Moose Tooth Pub and & Pizzeria and then spotting at ANC

09MAY

Currently open but we’re planning on spotting, with breaks, until at least midnight

10MAY

AM free for meet ups and more spotting before departing for ANC at 5pm

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Boarding Pass 073: Tail Strikes and Go Arounds Apr 19, 2021

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Doug is on his way home from DC where he met Drew at work for the first time. We talk about the visit as well as Doug flying Southwest and experiencing a “violent” go-around in Denver. We get way too AvGeeky on tail strikes and tail skids and we have some details on our trip to Alaska in May.

Other topics on this episode:

Is Southwest an LCC (low cost carrier)?
The continued rise of domestic widebodies
Australia and New Zealand created an aviation bubble
American honors our veterans by being the Official Airline for Dream Flights

This episode was taped from Delta’s SkyClub at Detroit so enjoy (or excuse) the background noise!

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Boarding Pass 072: Low-Cost Long-Haul... It's Bound to (Finally) Succeed, Right? Apr 12, 2021

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Aired on April 12, 2021

Will Norse Atlantic succeed where Norwegian didn’t with the same planes and leadership? Doug and Drew discuss low cost long haul and ideas to create a succeesful business model with a product attractive to business travelers. Doug is on a another business trip of his own on the episode but we take a moment to talk about how we would use expiring frequent flight miles for leisure travel. (cough) JFK-SIN on Singapore Airlines!

Other topics discussed on the episode

UK carriers push air bridge between the UK and US
JAL retires fleet of PW4000 engined 777’s after United engine failure
LATAM will retire its 13 A350’s and go to an all Boeing long haul fleet
United plans to start training new pilots at its United Aviate Academy this year
Are COVID19 health passports the way to get international travel moving again?

We end the episode with Drew talking about making his childhood best friend a fringe avgeek and we iron out our plans to visit Alaska early next month on the Alaska Airlines Milk Run!

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Boarding Pass 071: Piloting Through COVID Apr 05, 2021

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John, a flight instructor and long time listener tells us about surviviing during the pandemic. We discuss how cyclical the industry is and how we need to stay resilient and have an irregular ops plan. John talks about his path to becoming a flight instructor and gives some great advice to anyone interested in being a pilot. He also explains how he’s teaching Asian pilot cadets how to fly as well as speak English. Find John on Instagram at @jdebrey.

Other topics discussed:

New airpane maker Aerion announced that their AS3 airliner will fly from LAX to Tokyo in 3 hours
United announced they will be hiring 300 pilots
American says bookings are at 90% of prepandemic levels
TSA has 18 straight days of 1 million plus passenger screenings
We appreciate an unsung hero, the A330, shortly after avgeek “A330 Day” on 3/30

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Boarding Pass 070: Will New Airline Routes Survive? We'll Circle Back... Mar 29, 2021

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Doug and Drew are circling back on our week with a look at Doug's work on his DC-10 simulator. How does it simulate acceleration, turbulence, and the G forces of flight? Spoiler alert - Drew learns you can't replicate rolling the DC-10 in the simulator. We also discuss the new routes airlines are launching and which ones we think are more than darts thrown at a board.
Other topics discussed:

Southwest resumes pre-pandemic boarding - is it too soon?
Airlines lobby the White House to start easing travel restrictions
Will (and should) vaccines be required for international travel?
Aer Lingus to launch service from Manchester to the U.S.

We finish the show with a really important question for you. Do you like aircraft takeoff or landing shots? We have the poll results and - big surprise - we have strong opinions!

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Boarding Pass 069: Amelia Earhart Joins Us on the Show! Mar 22, 2021

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Yes! Amelia Rose Earhart is our VIP Guest who completed the round-the-world flight that her namesake inspired her to do. She tells us all about how she flew a Pilatus PC-12 on the eastward journey, stopping in Brazil, Africa, the Maldives, and Australia along with a high-drama stay in Papua New Guinea. Amelia also started Fly with Amelia, a foundation to help get more girls into aviation and she is an artist and soon-to-be author.
In this episode we also cover:

Air travel optimism as people get back on planes
A post-COVID19 pilot shortage
The Senate Resolution to Promote Aviation Gender Parity

Amelia discusses the inspiration that her name gave her as well as some criticism from people. She talks about how she overcame challenges and how she 'learned to love turbulence". She is an inspiration for anyone who wants to break through barriers.
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Boarding Pass 068: A 300 Plane Order?!? Mar 15, 2021

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Surprise! Southwest goes with the 737 for an order for up to 300 planes. This time they choose the 737-7Max over the Airbus A220. Doug and Drew start the transition from Winter Ops talk to Summer and thunderstorms preparation. We take time to think about what we, including our listeners, have been through over the last year, and our ups and downs with COVID19 ravaging the aviation world.
Other topics in this episode:

Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr shuts down the A380
New York lifts travel restrictions
American and United cancel 27,000 furloughs thanks to stimulus package
Why does the Antonov An-225 have some many landing gear tires?
Our Anchorage spotting trip, Northern fLights, is on, departing on May 8 on the Alaska Airlines Milk Run!

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