how do you pass time while flying?
Feb 8, 2009 | 9:20 pm
#16
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Newport Beach, California, USA
Posts: 36,062
1. iPod and Bose headphones -- listen to the music and transport somewhere else.
2. Occasionally, watch movies on the laptop.
3. Stare out the window and watch the world go by. Enjoy the occasional interesting phenomena -- thunderstorms, aurora, mountain peaks, etc.
4. Look at the AirShow map from time to time.
5. Drink. Drink. Drink.
2. Occasionally, watch movies on the laptop.
3. Stare out the window and watch the world go by. Enjoy the occasional interesting phenomena -- thunderstorms, aurora, mountain peaks, etc.
4. Look at the AirShow map from time to time.
5. Drink. Drink. Drink.
Feb 8, 2009 | 9:26 pm
#18
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Tampa, FL
Programs: Nothing - I'm useless!
Posts: 2,441
If i'm luckey, i'm poking at IFE. If not, I usually do some sudoku, and now I am the proud owner of a Nintendo DS. I have also resorted to using my laptop to play games a few times.
I often just sleep. Nothing like landing to wake you up - better then coffee if you need to hit the ground running.
As for talking - I don't like talking to people i don't know, i really don't like talking to people i do or don't know about nothing, and i really hate people I don't know talking loudly behind me about nothing.
I often just sleep. Nothing like landing to wake you up - better then coffee if you need to hit the ground running.
As for talking - I don't like talking to people i don't know, i really don't like talking to people i do or don't know about nothing, and i really hate people I don't know talking loudly behind me about nothing.
Feb 8, 2009 | 10:16 pm
#20
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: San Francisco
Programs: Premier Exec: All Star Alliance affiliated
Posts: 268
Forty winks
Sleep or read the New Yorker. I save them.
I can drift off to sleep on a one-hour flight from SFO-LAX.
Otherwise, overnight, I take Ambien and snooze for around 7 hours.
Plan ahead.
I can drift off to sleep on a one-hour flight from SFO-LAX.
Otherwise, overnight, I take Ambien and snooze for around 7 hours.
Plan ahead.
Feb 8, 2009 | 11:09 pm
#23
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Portland, OR
Programs: Star Alliance, One World, Skyteam, BR, GA, EK, VX, SPG, Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton, IC
Posts: 4,066
Feb 8, 2009 | 11:38 pm
#24
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada (YYJ)
Posts: 142
Feb 9, 2009 | 6:52 am
#27
Join Date: May 2007
Location: PHL
Programs: US/*A, Marriott, ICH, Budget, Avis
Posts: 762
I do most of the things mentioned upthread, but like someone with ADD--that is I cycle activities ever 10-30 minutes (except movies). While it may sound strange or irrelevant, I find that constant rotation keeps each distraction fresh and I feel less like I'm trying to kill time.