Originally Posted by feitefrank
My strategy is to stay awake as necessary on arrival and go to sleep at the normal local time. A good night's sleep and I'm all set. Walking around like a sleep-deprived zombie isn't always fun, but I do that across weekends in my regular time-zone anyways.
As someone who on the most comfortable inflight bed is lucky to snooze for brief periods, I do exactly what you do. The only exception is if I get to Europe very early and my room is ready at 730 or 800a, I'll take a 2 hour nap.