listener--I suppose the airlines have to put people up wherever there are a lot of rooms, and a hotel-casino would be a good bet. Jet lag is considerably worse flying east than west. Is the flight from Hong Kong to New York? That would be an awfully long flight.
Yeah, Alan. It was nearly 16 hours in the air, flying east. Bleah!
I kind of wish we had just shown up at JFK today to surprise him. He said it would be "over the top" (so we relented) but so what? It would have made his life a lot easier today and made a lifelong memory.
For transcontinental trips, flying east produces worse jet lag than flying west. Not necessarily for longer trips (e.g., Chicago-London), where the big time difference makes it possible to stay up until something resembling the local bedtime.
But don't know how that works out for this trip with the Hong Kong layover. And of course I'm talking about jet lag, not the situation at first landing.
He's *finally* on the last flight home!! It should arrive around 1:00am and he'll get home around 2:00am. A bit different than getting in around 1:00am Monday morning, eh?
I understand that the big hotels in London have special quiet, partially darkened, wings for incoming transatlantic passengers. My experience is that flying to Japan (chasing the sun) just seems like a single very long day; leave in the morning, arrive in the very late afternoon. Flying back to California it is leave in the afternoon, fly for quite a while, the sun goes down, the night passes and the sun comes up, and the plane isn't even beginning its descent toward the West Coast; land around mid-day and then take connecting flight that gets you home in the mid-afternoon. Flying time is about an hour shorter because of the jet stream, but it seems twice as long.
Interesting. The rising and setting of the sun doesn't seem to have much effect on my internal perception of time. Maybe because my sleep-wake cycle at home has so little to do with the sun.
Yes, it has so much to do with that International Date Line, as well. But, yes, the darkness makes it all the longer seeming. You described his flight quite well, and it was across Canada, then down through Lake Superior and Lake Michigan and at last to NYC. The flight arrived late (took off late) but the next was even later, so it turned into a 10 hour layover!! I spent half that time messaging with him, just to help the time pass. I will be so glad to have him home again!!!
listener--I suppose the airlines have to put people up wherever there are a lot of rooms, and a hotel-casino would be a good bet. Jet lag is considerably worse flying east than west. Is the flight from Hong Kong to New York? That would be an awfully long flight.
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Yeah, Alan. It was nearly 16 hours in the air, flying east. Bleah!
DeleteI kind of wish we had just shown up at JFK today to surprise him. He said it would be "over the top" (so we relented) but so what? It would have made his life a lot easier today and made a lifelong memory.
For transcontinental trips, flying east produces worse jet lag than flying west. Not necessarily for longer trips (e.g., Chicago-London), where the big time difference makes it possible to stay up until something resembling the local bedtime.
DeleteBut don't know how that works out for this trip with the Hong Kong layover. And of course I'm talking about jet lag, not the situation at first landing.
So, did he fly home or drive?
DeleteAlan
He's *finally* on the last flight home!! It should arrive around 1:00am and he'll get home around 2:00am. A bit different than getting in around 1:00am Monday morning, eh?
DeleteI understand that the big hotels in London have special quiet, partially darkened, wings for incoming transatlantic passengers. My experience is that flying to Japan (chasing the sun) just seems like a single very long day; leave in the morning, arrive in the very late afternoon. Flying back to California it is leave in the afternoon, fly for quite a while, the sun goes down, the night passes and the sun comes up, and the plane isn't even beginning its descent toward the West Coast; land around mid-day and then take connecting flight that gets you home in the mid-afternoon. Flying time is about an hour shorter because of the jet stream, but it seems twice as long.
ReplyDeleteAlan
Interesting. The rising and setting of the sun doesn't seem to have much effect on my internal perception of time. Maybe because my sleep-wake cycle at home has so little to do with the sun.
DeleteYes, it has so much to do with that International Date Line, as well. But, yes, the darkness makes it all the longer seeming. You described his flight quite well, and it was across Canada, then down through Lake Superior and Lake Michigan and at last to NYC. The flight arrived late (took off late) but the next was even later, so it turned into a 10 hour layover!! I spent half that time messaging with him, just to help the time pass. I will be so glad to have him home again!!!
DeleteHe landed around 1:00am. Waiting to hear that he made the drive home safely.
DeleteWhat a long haul! May he sleep so deeply tonight that he doesn't even dream.