Originally Posted by
gungadin
Say you are flying overseas on an 8 or more hour trip. " Bedtime" comes . What do you do to prepare for sleeping on an airplane. And do you really sleep?
Short answer to that is no, I don't sleep. I try to sleep, even up front, but I haven't been able to do so for a long period of time. I wish I could. If I can be in a seat by a window, that helps. If I can get on a later flight, that helps. Maybe I'll sleep for 2-3 hours...if I'm lucky. I keep my purse between me and my seat and put the strap around my arm. Shoes are off, socks are on.
The best flights are the flights to London in which we leave in the morning from JFK and arrive in the evening at LHR or LGW. Then I am awake for the flight and arrive in time to go to the hotel to sleep. That makes jetlag almost non-existent for me.