[PapayaTapper]

(06-08-2017 06:14 PM)Premium Wrote:  

Myself personally I won't fly longer than 7 hours. I learned this after a 13 hour flight (Vancouver to Manila ..5 hours of turbulance) when my ears wouldn't pop for 5 days! I looked up the reason and the answer was long haul flights fly at a higher altitude...medium flights fly lower thus my ears aren't affected

Do you have a source for this? Doesn't make sense to me that there's going to be that much variance in the cabin pressure regardless of cruising altitude. Its my understanding that FAA mandates pressures to be the equivalent of 6000-8000 ft above sea level (FAMSL).

(06-08-2017 06:14 PM)Premium Wrote:  

Also the jet lag recovery (flying east to west being the worst) on a long haul took a month to get back to normal.

I travel internationally a LOT and I've found taking melatonin or L-Tryptophan to force the sleep cycle adjust to local time extremely effective. Ive got it (dosage and timing) dialed in to the point that Im in a good pattern within the first 24-48 hrs. Neither give me that drowsy linger next day either

(06-08-2017 06:14 PM)Premium Wrote:  

Too the posters point on Air Canada blows remember the northern hemisphere flight routes are full of turbulence....the jet stream...mountains... cold/warm air....turbulance from other planes that have passed (on busy routes) maybe that was a bad element of your flight to NRT ....[b]pilot blogs suggest southern flights towards the equator are smoother which I can vouch..honolulu to guam not even a bump...guam to manila smooth[/b]

Dont mean to keep pissing on your parade...but how do you avoid going North on the way back? Even if you keep flying South eventually youre going North.

(06-08-2017 06:14 PM)Premium Wrote:  

I avoid long hauls like the plague no matter how comfortable an airline can make you...it's just too long to be in a metal tube.

I agree with you there. But until our Star Trek transporters arrive its all we got. Booze, movies, books and when occasionally the fortunes smile on us and seat us next to a cute chick help us make the best of it