Quote: (06-10-2017 09:32 AM)The Breeze Wrote:
Quote: (06-08-2017 07:47 PM)PapayaTapper Wrote:
Quote: (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?
Airlines are all about the money, and an aircraft's filed altitude request is simply what is determined to be the MOST fuel efficient altitude for that particular flight.
That is why I said what I did in Post #83. The ability to use carbon fiber construction (e.g., in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner) allows airlines to fly at the optimum altitude for fuel conservation while still providing optimum comfort level for passengers. Technology is the way forward.