Hacks & Mods - Add Yours!
May 16, 2016, 4:00 pm
#121
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May 17, 2016, 8:27 pm
#122
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May 17, 2016, 10:31 pm
#123
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For non-bulkhead seats, I like to use the tray table attached to the back of the seat in front of me. Great use for one's laptop.
May 17, 2016, 11:08 pm
#124
Join Date: Sep 2014
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I mostly fly TPAC, so at least 10+ hours.
Morning of flight a workout is a must.
Pre-boarding I do an entire stretching routine. Started doing this about 5 years ago and makes so much difference.
Do the stretches at the back of the in flight magazine before falling asleep and when you wake up.
Morning of flight a workout is a must.
Pre-boarding I do an entire stretching routine. Started doing this about 5 years ago and makes so much difference.
Do the stretches at the back of the in flight magazine before falling asleep and when you wake up.
May 17, 2016, 11:11 pm
#125
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I mostly fly TPAC, so at least 10+ hours.
Morning of flight a workout is a must.
Pre-boarding I do an entire stretching routine. Started doing this about 5 years ago and makes so much difference.
Do the stretches at the back of the in flight magazine before falling asleep and when you wake up.
Morning of flight a workout is a must.
Pre-boarding I do an entire stretching routine. Started doing this about 5 years ago and makes so much difference.
Do the stretches at the back of the in flight magazine before falling asleep and when you wake up.
May 17, 2016, 11:13 pm
#126
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I think the back of enroute has stuff you can do at your seat. leg lifts... leg spreads... leg behind neck.... kegels... you know, discrete... nobody will know but youuuuuu.... shhhhhhhhh...
May 17, 2016, 11:17 pm
#127
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May 17, 2016, 11:20 pm
#128
Join Date: Jan 2016
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If you are flying Long Haul Y
Have two bottles of fresh water (500ML Plus) ready
Buy a bottle of Johnnie Walker at duty free
5 Minutes after seatbelt turned off, chug the bottle
Pass Out so you won't suffer
Wake up about 11 hours later, drink two bottles of water to reduce hangover, have breakfast and profit.
Congrats, you paid Y for J comfort.
Have two bottles of fresh water (500ML Plus) ready
Buy a bottle of Johnnie Walker at duty free
5 Minutes after seatbelt turned off, chug the bottle
Pass Out so you won't suffer
Wake up about 11 hours later, drink two bottles of water to reduce hangover, have breakfast and profit.
Congrats, you paid Y for J comfort.
May 17, 2016, 11:37 pm
#129
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: YVR
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If you are flying Long Haul Y
Have two bottles of fresh water (500ML Plus) ready
Buy a bottle of Johnnie Walker at duty free
5 Minutes after seatbelt turned off, chug the bottle
Pass Out so you won't suffer
Wake up about 11 hours later, drink two bottles of water to reduce hangover, have breakfast and profit.
Congrats, you paid Y for J comfort.
Have two bottles of fresh water (500ML Plus) ready
Buy a bottle of Johnnie Walker at duty free
5 Minutes after seatbelt turned off, chug the bottle
Pass Out so you won't suffer
Wake up about 11 hours later, drink two bottles of water to reduce hangover, have breakfast and profit.
Congrats, you paid Y for J comfort.
11 hours you need more.
May 18, 2016, 3:09 am
#130
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Took me a while to get this dialled in so that people didn't think I was performing devout prayers at the gate and get all freaked out.
Also, fun fact: if you ever have to fly while hopped up on T3s, and wearing a back brace with a band of cylindrical, vertical supports around your waistline, you can get into some hilarious sitcom-style misunderstandings with American TSA screeners.
May 18, 2016, 8:21 am
#131
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Not Yoga - but close. On the plane I will head to the back and do full body stretches. Touch toes, lunges, torso rotation etc...
Pre-boarding I do full body, even get on the floor. I find in YVR people don't raise an eyebrow, other airports they do.
Pre-boarding I do full body, even get on the floor. I find in YVR people don't raise an eyebrow, other airports they do.
May 18, 2016, 12:06 pm
#132
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With a long-term spinal injury, my pre-flight stretching routine runs about 5 minutes per hour of flying time.
Took me a while to get this dialled in so that people didn't think I was performing devout prayers at the gate and get all freaked out.
Also, fun fact: if you ever have to fly while hopped up on T3s, and wearing a back brace with a band of cylindrical, vertical supports around your waistline, you can get into some hilarious sitcom-style misunderstandings with American TSA screeners.
Took me a while to get this dialled in so that people didn't think I was performing devout prayers at the gate and get all freaked out.
Also, fun fact: if you ever have to fly while hopped up on T3s, and wearing a back brace with a band of cylindrical, vertical supports around your waistline, you can get into some hilarious sitcom-style misunderstandings with American TSA screeners.
May 18, 2016, 12:14 pm
#133
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May 18, 2016, 3:03 pm
#135
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Actually, paying of a couple of "why" Supré Élite's to do yoga in the aisle (while you're seated in PY) just after services has started is a great hack to get extra time with the FA - which means more food/drinks. ^
We all know that everyone who does yoga won't stop until they have completed their complete set of yoga exercises, I mean it'll completely mess up their (whatever they call it) right?
Well worth the few extra bucks shelled out for the added cabin service!!
We all know that everyone who does yoga won't stop until they have completed their complete set of yoga exercises, I mean it'll completely mess up their (whatever they call it) right?
Well worth the few extra bucks shelled out for the added cabin service!!