I just stick to direct flights when possible and spend as little time in the airport as I can. Flying still stinks. Can’t imagine what it’s like to be a road warrior this day in age.
-D > On Sep 25, 2020, at 9:01 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
