Flying for 19hrs...

[P3D]

I am flying for almost a day, only waiting like 2.5hrs both at Chicago (I like the O'Hara) and London (I hate Heathrow). Moving to Reno from Los Angeles adds like 3-4 hours to the flight time, even if I am a bit closer.

Not quite a trip to US-AFG/IRQ (some of the members here got paid for all-inclusive  :P ). Neither the 21hr the Nepalese students has to fly, nor La Reunion-Paris-Tahiti (the longest itinerary I heard of), so I guess I should not complain too loud.

[Jefgte]

Don't fly on Airbus... 


:'(

[Guinness]

I did gatwick-atlanta-sao paulo for work in 2000. Had a 3 hour layover in Atlanta. Total time in th air was about 20 hours.

Fortunately, it's only 4 timzones from London to Sao Paulo, and it was business class, but I don't slep much on planes.

The 3 hours in Atlanta were tough, because it was just short enough a time that I couldn't run home. I'd been packed for 5 days in London, which turned into 2 weeks (to get a visa for brazil), then 5 more in Sao Paulo. Lots of expense account hotel laundry. It June though, so summer London clothes worked ok for winter Sao Paulo clothes.

Ah those were the days. Haven't been any where mor exciting than NY since.

[miketr]

For our honeymoon my wife and I went to Hawaii (great place by the way).  So we flew from Buffalo NY to Chicago IL then Chicago direct to Honolulu, HI.  Counting lay overs that was 15 hours but only 9 or so of it was actually in the air.

Michael

[Blooded]

I find it amazing that we can travel the globe so quickly and easilycompared to our ancestors. But I do hate it when you spending more time during 'booking', preboard, boarding, and taxiing than the flight lasts. This seems to be the case with most of my flights.  ::)

[Guinness]

In the US at least, this is a symptom of our nearly complete lack of any sort of high speed rail infrastructure. I can't wait until I can get on a train in downtown Atlanta and be in Charlotte or Nashville under 2 hours later.

[maddox]

Never have used air-transport in my life.
And unless rigid airships get back in vogue, I won't either. (or the $$ insentive good enough, everything has its price)

[P3D]

Don't fly on Airbus... 
:'(

I am flying 737-800, 777-200 and 320, and AA/BA, pretty good safety records.

Airships...would be great, but the only main option for crossing the Atlantic is by airlines (save a few cruise ships).

[Guinness]

Real men would row themselves:



:)

[The Rock Doctor]

I've never flown that long, but I have had a five day weather delay, with me and a bunch of miners being stuck in a tiny hotel on stand-by the entire time.  It was arguably the most boring 120 hrs of my life to date.