To: C19fan
I flew several 17 hour flights; from BWI to Manas. Now that was painful. I also took one flight from El Paso to Kuwait. I do not even remember how long that one was.
2 posted on
03/26/2018 8:17:12 AM PDT by
wbarmy
(I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
To: wbarmy
>>Now that was painful. I also took one flight from El Paso to Kuwait. I do not even remember how long that one was.<<
Sorry to tell you, you are still on it. This is all a dream.
(cue high-pitched Theremin music) *WhhoooWEEEEEEWoooo, WhoooooWUUUUwoooo*
3 posted on
03/26/2018 8:20:36 AM PDT by
freedumb2003
(robert mueller is an unguided missile)
To: wbarmy
Crossing the Pacific in the 1950s took 14 days...
4 posted on
03/26/2018 8:22:00 AM PDT by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: wbarmy
Aren’t there rules limiting consecutive hours on duty by pilots? How do they get around this for these long flights?
To: wbarmy
I flew several 17 hour flights; from BWI to Manas. Now that was painful. Longest I have ever flown is Dulles - to - Tokyo - Narita. Thirteen hours. ugh....
22 posted on
03/26/2018 8:41:14 AM PDT by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: wbarmy
I have flown from Atlanta or Chicago or Houston to Tokyo or Seoul or Hong Kong on my way to Việt Nam many times. That leg can last 13 hours up to 16 hours. I fly Economy. On Asian or Delta airlines it can be relatively pleasant outside of the need to stand up for periods of time. On United it is quite miserable. An unbelievable number of people seem to prefer miserable because United carries more passengers than any other airline.
To: wbarmy
I flew from PIT to Capetown through ATL and Amsterdam...
About 23 hours of so in flight plus 2 brief layovers...
I feel for my fellow passengers as I could stand how I stunk by the end of the last leg.
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