"...old school plane crush..."
I had one of those MT row flights from Tokyo to SF.
Slept most of the way —— ! Those days are long gone.
My idea of perfect airplane travel is an empty row and no fellow passengers speaking to me at all.
Once. Reno to Chicago.
It was awesome.
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Half hour before airborne 10 mg Diazepam.
Business class is better than first, Imo.
Foam ear plugs.
Bose over the ear noise canceling headphones.
Blindfold.
Large beach towel serving as a blanket draped over my head.
Seat belt fastened and visible.
Forty minutes after airborne 10 mg Ambien.
I was 1 of only 30 passengers on a huge (dc10 size) plane from Hong Kong to Chicago 10-11 years ago. I got to lay down and sleep for the entire flight. It was amazing
My perfect flight was coming back from my Korean mid-tour leave to Australia. I caught MAC flights all of the way back from Brisbane, to Hawaii, to Guam, to Okinawa. When I got to Okinawa, I booked myself in for a flight to Osan Airbase and was told that I would be able to catch a flight within an hour with only 10 other passengers.
It turned out to be a Lear jet contracted to 10 Air Force nurses back to Osan ... talk about feeling like a fox in a henhouse ...