Originally Posted by
gglave
Yes, but most flights to Europe from North America fly through North America's "night." So you have a relatively sleepless night on the plane, arriving at let's say 3am on your body's clock, then you stay up all day upon arrival.
Whereas a daytime flight would feel like a long day to you, with a very late bedtime.
I look at a daytime flight as feeling like a short day with an early bedtime (since I usually find myself falling asleep at about 2 am GMT, which is 8 pm CST).
My strategy for these daytime trans-Atlantic flights is to try to go to bed earlier and get up earlier for a couple days prior to my trip. Ideally, on the night prior to my flight I go to bed at 6 or 7 pm and get up at 3 am CST.
I do find that I tend to be fine my first morning in London after a daytime flight, but have a tougher time getting out of bed my second morning in London.