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Boarding Pass 188: Pack Your Patience

Boarding Pass 188: Pack Your Patience

FromThe Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast


Boarding Pass 188: Pack Your Patience

FromThe Next Trip - An Aviation and Travel Podcast

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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Jul 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Doug and Drew comiserate with each other and  travelers after a rough week at the airlines. We talk about what happened with the weather and ATC and the difficulties of recovering after hundreds of planes and thousands of crewmembers are displaced. We also discuss:Let’s stop calling it revenge travel - its just travel, and its growingMexican airlines are ready to expand as soon as the FAA lifts Mexico back to a Category 1 status. Volaris has several routes planned and Viva Aerobus is expected to order 100 Airbus aircraft.The cause of a ramp worker engine ingestion fatality last week was, sadly, confimed to be suicideA DOT Inspector General audit confirrmed that the FAA is understaffed and lacks a plan to address the challenge A Delta 717 had a gear up landing. Doug tells us how pilots are trained to handle these situationsWe end the show with our first Google Voice message from abroad with a comment from Mark in Calgary, Canada. Join the discussion! https://www.nexttripnetwork.com/
Released:
Jul 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Next Trip is a weekly 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 or follow us on Twitter at @nexttrippodcast