How do you pass the time on flights?

How do you travelers pass time on long flights? I am flying from NY to
Hawaii this coming Saturday - the total flight is 12 hours with 15hour
duration.

The prior plan was to take a water bottle filled with vodka to make the
flight a bit more enjoyable, but due to re-consideration and recent events,
I have decided not to take the vodka.

I will have my laptop with me on the plane so that should be good to watch a
movie, but what about the other 10 hours? How do you all pass time in the
plane on long flights, other than books? I'll be flying ATA - I have heard
that on long flights there is entertainment such as movie showings, gps
tracking to watch the progress of your flight, etc. Does ATA offer these?
What could be some creative ways to pass the time?
Brian

"Brian" wrote in message
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How do you travelers pass time on long flights? I am flying from NY to
Hawaii this coming Saturday - the total flight is 12 hours with 15hour
duration.


12 hours is plently of time for 2 (or maybe 3) films, and there should be
some food breaks, a book is useful, as is writing out your trip report to
post back here. A book is of course essential, and talking to your neighbour
is something you might regret if you start it too early :-)

Just don't fall asleep for too long, thats a receipe for DVT - And dont
forget your flight socks and (subject to doc's approval) asprin before and
after the flight.

"Brian" wrote:

How do you travelers pass time on long flights? I am flying from NY to
Hawaii this coming Saturday - the total flight is 12 hours with 15hour
duration.

The prior plan was to take a water bottle filled with vodka to make the
flight a bit more enjoyable, but due to re-consideration and recent events,
I have decided not to take the vodka.


Aside from the fact that consuming your own alcohol in flight is phrohibited by
most airlines, it's a bad idea in general. Alcohol is a natural diuretic, not
something you need in the dry atmosphere of an long haul flight.

I will have my laptop with me on the plane so that should be good to watch a
movie, but what about the other 10 hours? How do you all pass time in the
plane on long flights, other than books? I'll be flying ATA - I have heard
that on long flights there is entertainment such as movie showings, gps
tracking to watch the progress of your flight, etc. Does ATA offer these?
What could be some creative ways to pass the time?


Books, magazines, sleeping, DVD player...

Brian extrapolated from data available...

How do you travelers pass time on long flights? I am flying from NY to
Hawaii this coming Saturday - the total flight is 12 hours with 15hour
duration.

The prior plan was to take a water bottle filled with vodka to make
the flight a bit more enjoyable, but due to re-consideration and
recent events, I have decided not to take the vodka.

All for the better. a water bottle might not enough to have become mewling
and puking drunk, leaning forward to see if "Ralph...." or "Earl...." were
under your seat.

What could be some creative ways to pass
the time? Brian


Have you considered a complaisant female companion and a large blanket?
You may not need the blanket in the H'aisles, but bringing along a friend
improves most vacations.

TMO

Brian wrote:
How do you travelers pass time on long flights? I am flying from NY to
Hawaii this coming Saturday - the total flight is 12 hours with 15hour
duration.

The prior plan was to take a water bottle filled with vodka to make the
flight a bit more enjoyable, but due to re-consideration and recent events,
I have decided not to take the vodka.

I will have my laptop with me on the plane so that should be good to watch a
movie, but what about the other 10 hours? How do you all pass time in the
plane on long flights, other than books? I'll be flying ATA - I have heard
that on long flights there is entertainment such as movie showings, gps
tracking to watch the progress of your flight, etc. Does ATA offer these?
What could be some creative ways to pass the time?
Brian



Best thing for a flight that long is to take some Unisom (or Tylenol PM,
or Nyquil), put in some earplugs if you need them, put on a mask to
block out the light if you need it, and sleep your way to your destination.

The airlines have made it very unpleasant to fly conscious in coach.
Some fragile richlings even think first class is cramped and unpleasant.


Never thought I'd refer to Ben Stein as a fragile richling, but:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/bu...6dd9&ei=5 070

(from the New York Times article above

"It hit me like an atomic bomb last week as I boarded a morning flight
from Boston to Phoenix on America West Airlines. Here is a basic series
of truths: Modern business is largely about air travel. Modern air
travel is largely torture. Therefore, much of modern business is torture.

I was sitting in my incredibly cramped seat in the incredibly cramped,
tiny first-class cabin and I got up to use the lavatory. As I did, I
looked back in coach in what I think was a Boeing 757, a long, wide
single-aisle plane with three-and-three coach seating that seemingly
went back forever. The passengers were galley slaves on a Roman trireme,
chained to their seats in the hold. They were lashed to their pagers,
their BlackBerries, their cellphones, lashed to their employers and
their duties to keep rowing for the empire until they died at their
posts...."

How do you travelers pass time on long flights?

Travel Scrabble.

and (subject to doc's approval) asprin before and
after the flight.

Why the asprin?

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, STENCIL LIFE wrote:

and (subject to doc's approval) asprin before and
after the flight.

Why the asprin?


It thins the blood, and hence reduces the risk of DVT...

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 03:17:07 GMT, Adam Weiss
wrote:


Never thought I'd refer to Ben Stein as a fragile richling, but:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/bu...6dd9&ei=5 070

(from the New York Times article above

"It hit me like an atomic bomb last week as I boarded a morning flight
from Boston to Phoenix on America West Airlines. Here is a basic series
of truths: Modern business is largely about air travel. Modern air
travel is largely torture. Therefore, much of modern business is torture.

I was sitting in my incredibly cramped seat in the incredibly cramped,
tiny first-class cabin and I got up to use the lavatory. As I did, I
looked back in coach in what I think was a Boeing 757, a long, wide
single-aisle plane with three-and-three coach seating that seemingly
went back forever. The passengers were galley slaves on a Roman trireme,
chained to their seats in the hold. They were lashed to their pagers,
their BlackBerries, their cellphones, lashed to their employers and
their duties to keep rowing for the empire until they died at their
posts...."

How over dramatic

(STENCIL LIFE) wrote:

Why the asprin?

Blood thinner. A very small number of people are suseptable to blood clots when
sitting in one place for an extended period of time. A few years back Deep Vein
Thrombosis (DVT) was the over hyped scare of the week and we had to put up with
hordes of people tramping up & down the aisle every 10 minutes because they
thought they were going to die.