What to do on a long haul...

[EGNX]

[quote][quote] V1...... V2.... Rotate....

[Triple_7]

I was stuck on a jam packed Malaysia 747-400 for nearly 14.5 hours LAX-TPE and 14 hour TPE-LAX.

[evanatorx]

What is it with ptvs never working? It shouldn't be that hard to get them running. I took a 50 min flight from Toronto to Ottawa on an a320 last year and only one on the entire plane worked! And it was economy!

Here's the deal, I have a one way flight to ZBAA on Air Canada's shiny new 773 judging by the fact that this is going to be a very large revenue flight, with some big customers (asians) I think AC will get things in order and get the ptvs working. They are doing all they can to gain loyalty from asian customers, which is one of the reasons they're switched to the 777 as opposed to the a340s, which are getting dated.

I think what I'll do for that flight, is get to the terminal mad early, try on some cologne, snare some free wifi, and go look at some planes. Once I'm on the flight, I'll watch a few movies on my powerbook (powerports on the 777 ) and once dinner comes around, I'll pop a gravol/Tylenol cocktail and start reading an aviation mag (sometimes makes people giggle/uneasy) till i fall asleep.

Coming home I have an Air China 747 for 13-14 hours to KJFK, worried about that, because Air China is a little, notorious for the condition of their planes. For that, my strategy is to bring the analects of Confucius and my iPod, along with the med cocktail, and try to make myself sleep with the great ones words of wisdom.

On both flights, I'm definitely getting up and walking around, exploring. I want to ask to see the crew rest area on the 777's third floor! Let's hope there's some FA's up there

[MWISimmer]

[quote] I want to ask to see the crew rest area on the 777's third floor! Lest hope there's some FA's up there

[BigTruck]

[quote] I want to ask to see the crew rest area on the 777's third floor! Let's hope there's some FA's up there

[eno]

Flapping your arms for 14 hours is really tiresome...  ;D

[Mictheslik]

Don't be tempted with the lure of the window seat, no matter how appertising it looks....

I've been on 2 long haul flights (LHR - Seoul and back again) on a Korean Airways 744. Spending 14 hours trapped in a window seat by two very weird Korean guys was not a pleasant experience. On the way back I had an isle and it was much nicer. I ended up watching 5 films back to back and had small walks in between (upstairs etc )

Don't be afraid to ask for certain seats at check in....they're normally happy to oblige. My tip is that if you really want a window seat, get one right at the rear of the plane, as the fuselage starts to curve in. To combat this they have to take a seat out at both sides, meaning there is quite a lot of room if you have the window seat (had this seat flying Tokyo - Seoul on a 744)

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[waspiflab]

Get wasted and fall into a deep drunken sleep

[C]

Get wasted and fall into a deep drunken sleep

And then wait until the next day when they let you on the aircraft.

[Rich H]

Virgin Atlantic have in flight entertainment don't they? Before long I'll be going on a 12 hour flight from Heathrow To San Francisco.

[BigTruck]

Virgin Atlantic have in flight entertainment don't they? Before long I'll be going on a 12 hour flight from Heathrow To San Francisco.

Swing by my office and say hi when you land, I'm right across the freeway from SFO  8-)

[Willit Run]

I stare out the window and when I get tired of that............wait I don't get tired of staring out the window.