Originally Posted by
ajnz
Sounds like you lot need to harden up a bit.
I did WLG-MEL weekly (Mon/Fri), and later AKL-MEL. It really wasn't so bad, although AKL-MEL was much easier since it was typically in J on a 744.
I don't miss the commuting but it really wasn't as bad as a colleague who commuted PER-MEL on the red-eye every week -in Y. That definitely would have sucked.
True, definitely not as bad as the PER to east coast redyes, but still surprisingly exhausting for an itinerary that only involves a 2hr time difference, a relatively short flight, and westbound travel direction (all of which should make it easy). It's just the uber early start that gets you, especially if, like me, you're genetically incapable of going to bed early no matter how early you have to wake up... :P