Jet Lag

Mad Eyed Screamer said:
4.42am Thursday (UK time) and I'm wide awake!
My body still thinks it is 11.42pm Wednesday.
Flew Monday / Tuesday and was up 36 hours with around 2 hours total sleep during that period including taking in the Leipzig game,. Went to bed 1am Wednesday and woke up 3.30pm
Watching loads of YouTube videos currently with no sign of crashing
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When you going home? The Smyths at the Ritz next Saturday.
 
Never suffered from it. Perhaps as I never slept on the plane anyway. Always used to plan on arriving around 7 or 8pm local time, have a few drinks and go to bed. I would then normally wake up at the usual local time and never had any problems.

Haven't flown for years though as I travel everywhere by train now.
 
normskih said:
Wow, what a job.
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Did have its problems though.
Getting a bollocking from cabin staff when one old man in my party crapped himself (and the seat).
Plane delayed at Rome when old lady from group got off plane (thinking we were a Sydney) and wandered around the airport. I had to join search.
Problems at customs (especially US) with some of the pills the old folk were carrying.
Airport-Hotel coach transfers not turning up.
Losing members of the group in airports, toilets and hotels.
Arguing with hotel receptionists over room allocations.
etc. etc.
...Believe me, I earned my wages

ps Some of the female passengers were quite erm...let's say friendly :)
 
Fiftyyearsandcounting said:
Did have its problems though.
Getting a bollocking from cabin staff when one old man in my party crapped himself (and the seat).
Plane delayed at Rome when old lady from group got off plane (thinking we were a Sydney) and wandered around the airport. I had to join search.
Problems at customs (especially US) with some of the pills the old folk were carrying.
Airport-Hotel coach transfers not turning up.
Losing members of the group in airports, toilets and hotels.
Arguing with hotel receptionists over room allocations.
etc. etc.
...Believe me, I earned my wages

ps Some of the female passengers were quite erm...let's say friendly :)
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The OAPs?
 
Anytime I have flown back to Manchester it has been a 10 or 11pm flight and that's after getting up at 6am the morning of.
Can't sleep on the plane so it means I land in Manchester around 12-1pm local time after being up for 24/25hrs.
Always try to stay up until at least 10pm so end up going to bed after being awake for around 36 hrs.
I once flew home for a long weekend and din't go to bed at all.
 
metalblue said:
Fair play to you for batting on but you look fucked mate.

I’m available to spread my messages of cheer at birthdays, retirements, weddings and other special occasions
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We were heading back to the hotel and my mate said, "I'm going to the Augustiner keller. I'll see you in the morning".
Like fuck. I'm coming too. I could barely hold that glass up with one hand.
 
Overnight eastbound Atlantic crossings I’d take a sleeping tablet if available, failing that half a bottle of Nightnurse.
 
Fiftyyearsandcounting said:
Weirdly, since the smoking ban, air quality on planes has worsened. Airlines used additional fuel clearing smoke fumes out of the cabin, which also removed stale air.
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It's better than ever on modern planes..........I hated it when people smoked on aircraft, got off stinking of nicotine and forced to passive smoke.
The air on modern planes is very clean.

Science News
from research organizations

Indoor air quality study shows aircraft in flight may have lowest particulate levels​

Date: March 2, 2021 Source: Georgia Institute of Technology Summary: If you're looking for an indoor space with a low level of particulate air pollution, a commercial airliner flying at cruising altitude may be your best option. A newly reported study of air quality in indoor spaces such as stores, restaurants, offices, public transportation -- and commercial jets -- shows aircraft cabins with the lowest levels of tiny aerosol particles.

In flight, aircraft air is exchanged between 10 and 30 times per hour. Some aircraft bring in exclusively outside air, which at cruising altitude is largely free of pollutant particles found in air near the ground. Other aircraft mix outdoor air with recirculated air that goes through HEPA filters, which remove more than 99% of particles.

In all, the researchers evaluated measurements from 19 commercial flights with passenger loads of approximately 50%. The flights included a mix of short- and medium-length flights, and aircraft ranging from the CRJ-200 and A220 to the 757, A321, and 737.

Among all the spaces measured, restaurants had the highest particle levels because of cooking being done there. Stores were next, followed by vehicles, homes, and offices. The average sub-micron particle number concentration measured in restaurants, for instance, was 29,400 particles per cubic centimeter, and in offices it was 2,473 per cubic centimeter.

www.sciencedaily.com

Indoor air quality study shows aircraft in flight may have lowest particulate levels

If you're looking for an indoor space with a low level of particulate air pollution, a commercial airliner flying at cruising altitude may be your best option. A newly reported study of air quality in indoor spaces such as stores, restaurants, offices, public transportation -- and commercial...
www.sciencedaily.com
 
metalblue said:
I do a lot of long haul both east and west into and out of UK for work and don’t suffer from it. I used to.

My “trick”, if you can call it that, is to be on destination time as soon as I’m on my flight. For the routes I usually fly I typically don’t sleep when heading west and try to get no more than a couple of hours when travelling east. I try to plan to get to my destination as late as possible, if it can’t be avoided and is a late / overnight flight with an early landing I try to get as much sleep as possible but planes are usually too hot for me to get too much and no fucker will open the window.

It works for me.

Oh and I don’t drink alcohol before flying or on plane
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^ This is the way.
I’ve spent the last 25+ years flying all over for work and is pretty much what I try to do. I just haven’t mastered the ‘no alcohol’ bit though!
 
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