I always added a day ahead of work to try to get my clock sorted a bit. I flew BA to/from BOS-LHR a lot, had a gold card, usually biz or first, started in the BA lounge to get ready... the First/Concorde club at LHR was amazing
I hate flying now, haven’t been on a plane in 3-4 years now. --FT Sent from iPhone > On Sep 25, 2020, at 8:42 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I could never do that. On the way over I typically had to be functional and > ready to work the next day. My flights usually put me in late in the day, so > I would grab a light meal and try to sleep after staying awake on the plane > all the way over. Our Medical Department issued sleeping pills (prescription > strength stuff) and in the case of my return flights I usually had a good > meal after takeoff, took a sleeping pill, and woke up in time for breakfast > and landing shortly after. > > -D > >> On Sep 25, 2020, at 8:28 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Yup, my last trip to the Philippines I went economy plus which included >> access to the British Airways lounge in Logan. I drank a BUNCH of free BA >> wine. Then had a couple more with dinner. Slept like a log most of the >> flight, it was lovely. >> -Curt >> >> On Friday, September 25, 2020, 8:22:27 PM EDT, Buggered Benzmail via >> Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Drinking helps. Anesthetize yourself for 8 or 10 hours then spend the last >> hours eating >> >> --FT >> Sent from iPhone >> >>>> On Sep 25, 2020, at 8:13 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Yup. My Singapore route connected through Narita. >>> >>> Singapore to NAR - 7:00 >>> >>> NAR to ORD (O’ Hare) - 12:00 >>> >>> That’s a brutal, brutal day. >>> >>> When I would fly to Seoul I often flew from Detroit direct on Northwest. >>> That’s over 14 hours in the air non-stop. Even in business class that was >>> unpleasant. I can’t even begin to imagine what it’s like in coach. >>> >>> -D >>> >>>> On Sep 25, 2020, at 8:07 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Flying home from Tokyo direct to Boston the flight leaves at like 4:10pm >>>> and arrives (13 hours later) at like 4:05pm the same day... >>>> >>>> -Curt >>>> >>>> On Friday, September 25, 2020, 4:52:01 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> I traveled to Asia a number of times each year. It was a total mind f*ck >>>> whenever I went because of the “loss” of a day going over. Worse than >>>> that, trying to interact with people back in the States was even worse, >>>> like “OK, it’s 12 noon here so it’s midnight last night at home.” That >>>> leaves a fairly small window of time to call home and not be disruptive, >>>> like at breakfast (yesterday’s dinner time) or dinner (same day’s >>>> breakfast time). >>>> >>>> However, coming back was even worse. If I came back from say Singapore, I >>>> would leave at 8:00 am local time and arrive back in Chicago 19 hours >>>> later at 2:00 PM the same day in the afternoon. >>>> >>>> Talk about messing up your mind. It certainly did. >>>> >>>> -D >>>> >>>>>> On Sep 25, 2020, at 4:38 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes >>>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I went to Tokyo once and it was weird being a whole nuther day, it was >>>>> the first day of spring when I was there so I don't know what time >>>>> distortion it was, but it was 14hr ahead in Tokyo from Boston >>>>> >>>>> --FT >>>>> >>>>> On 9/25/20 4:29 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: >>>>>> I've got a class for students in Japan next week. I've already been >>>>>> running classes online so thats not the weird part.The weird part is >>>>>> figuring out when I'm supposed to teach the dang thing. They scheduled >>>>>> the class for 9am JST on the 29th which is 8pm here. Then in the >>>>>> instructor schedule has me teaching on the 29th. >>>>>> It finally occured to me that 9am JST on the 29th is 8pm here on the >>>>>> 28th... >>>>>> I didn't want to do this class because they'd already booked me for >>>>>> another class on the 29th, turns out they had already booked me for >>>>>> another class (earlier in the day) on the 28th too... >>>>>> Its a 4 day class, Monday through Thursday, if you thought "He probably >>>>>> isn't going to work on Friday" you'd be right! >>>>>> -Curt >>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> >>>>>> >>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>>> <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>>>> >>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>>> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> --FT >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
