Originally Posted by exerda
Media talking heads are advising travelers to choose the first flights out to avoid the build-ups in delays that might occur.
For a MR, I might take that 6:00 am flight to get a full day of flying in.
For any other purpose--business or leisure--I am NOT getting up that early. These restrictions, like previous posters have said, will basically just mean I move back my travel times accordingly.
This means I will also tack on an extra day to my business travel in many cases, costing my company (and ultimately the taxpayers, since they'll be billed by the company) for an extra night in a hotel. I might have taken the red-eye before, but now, I don't know if I'll have time for that. Guess I will just stay the night and fly home later.
^ I'm no morning person either. It's not the time, per se, it's the waking up part (which scared the recovery nurses during my last surgery
) The only reason we made our 0600 flight by getting to the airport at 0500 was by me not getting up at 0400 but by me not sleeping the night before!
Upcoming trip next week is now going to have an extra day and a half added on which means one more hotel night, one more full day of per diem etc.