Originally Posted by
Letitride3c
As for the time zone difference, you should be familiar with/learn to understand the world clock - when you flight depart out of SFO at 11 in the morning, it's late night/early morning in PEK, and when you arrive PEK at 3 PM - it's late night/predawn back in SFO. Those of us who fly often deal with this all the time with our body clock, known as jet-lag (Google it) - so you really should eat whatever lunch is served, and try to sleep for at least a few hours as it's the overnight hours already in Peking - or at least close your eyes with the help of shades & ear-plugs,
until it's close to landing time. It's not going to be easy if you are just starting out to join the FT crowd but you will learn the ropes, sooner or later .... Make the best & most out of it (so glad that I no longer live out of the suitcase & carry-ons
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Good advice, except that if you sleep/rest until close to landing, you will have been resting for 10 hours and resting during daytime in your destination. Best for me to get over jetlag is to start adjusting to my destination time zone even before I board the flight. So for me, I would have the meal then rest for about 5 hours. Then the last 5 hours of the flight I would fight hard to stay awake. The reading light is good, but I find that natural light also really helps, thus I try to keep the window open at least slightly (also helps with reading since when the cabin is darkened, my one reading light is not enough for me to really read!). Stay awake too at your destination at least until early evening if not a bit later. Your body will thank you.