Boarding Pass 319: Superpower
Send us a textDoug is back from another transpacific flight to Taipei and Drew conducted airport movement area training for firefighters. This will will be the first episode we’ve taped in 2026 and...
Send us a textDoug is back from another transpacific flight to Taipei and Drew conducted airport movement area training for firefighters. This will will be the first episode we’ve taped in 2026 and...
Send us a textDoug and Drew look back at our travel for 2025 with friend of the show and world traveler, Ian. We discuss:Global roundup for 2025 (most delayed airlines and busiest routes)Jetway jes...
Send us a textAired on December 29, 2025Doug and Drew are taking a week off. Enjoy this class episode from August 15, 2023 with Oscar Munoz of United Airlines. Doug and Drew interview Oscar Mu...
Send us a textDoug is back from Auckland and Denver and Drew is managing the busy pre-Christmas rush. We discuss:Christmas passenger trafficUS government admits fault in January midair collision ne...
Send us a textDoug trains new pilots on touch and go landings in the KC46 and Drew is preparing for a Winter Ops event. We discuss:More Airline Lounges for the new golden age of travelIndia’s Indig...
Send us a textDrew is back from 3 days in Dublin and Doug is back from Osaka. Drew just had his first airport winter ops event. We discuss:Our travelsEarly season snowThanksgiving travel numb...
Send us a textDoug is celebrating Thanksgiving weekend in Chicago and Drew managed to escape from work in time for Thanksgiving dinner in Richmond. How does Doug plan on getting home on the busiest...
Send us a textDoug tapes during another trip to Taipei and Drew finishes his airport scavenger hunt. We discuss:Orders pour in from DubaiAirbus teases a new modelAn Alaska pilot is sentenced from h...
Send us a textDoug is back from London and Drew lost a fight with a windsock. We discuss our weeks in flight and airport ops as well as the latest aviation news:Aurora Borealis wows pilots and pass...
Send us a textDoug is back from Taipei and Drew has a busy week at airport ops. We discuss:More nonrev adventures Thanksgiving travel numbers and a way too early weather forecast More gov...
Send us a textDoug is back from a whirlwind nonrev trip to Germany with his dad. We remember the history of Hawaiian Airlines as its airline code and operating certificate are laid to rest. We disc...
Send us a textDrew is back from a weekend in Quebec City and Doug is preparing for a nonrev adventure with his dad. We discuss:Birds on approach pathTravelers Aid people are interesting Engine...
Send us a textDoug is back from his narrow body style trip to NYC and Hawaii, via Denver, and Drew is loving runway inspections between flights (literally) and helping lost pigeons in the terminal....
Send us a textDoug and Drew are back from trips over the Pacific to Taipei and Honolulu. Our buddy Patrick returns to the show to talk about dragging aircraft around the airport and Drew around Oah...
Send us a textDrew has to check the runway after a bird strike report and Doug is getting ready to go back to Taipei. We discuss:Passengers grabbing bags in emergenciesNo more PLAYtime L...
Send us a textDoug is back from flying the 777 to Frankfurt and Drew finished his first week on PM shift in airport operations. Fresh croissants from Germany, elevators out of service, runway...
Send us a textDrew escorts a 737 and Doug is back from Zurich and New York. We discuss:The difference between the airport operations area and the movement area Helping an AvGeek with trip rout...
Send us a textDoug is back from Amsterdam and Drew is done with airport ops manager training. We discuss:Airport RestroomsTop 10 airports according to AirHelpThe Embraer 195-E2 finally gets some lo...
Send us a textDoug and Drew fight sleep deprivation after late night and overnight shifts, respectively. Doug was on late night 767 simulator training flights and Drew was watching overnight ...
Send us a textHappy Labor Day to all the aviation workers for getting where we need to be, safely, this summer. Doug and Drew talk about their aviation work weeks including Doug’s trip to Tokyo and...