Red Eye...

About 5 years ago I was MIA-IAH on AA (mainline plane)......the GA just said you can board when you want and onboard the FA said sit wherever you want ......There were only 12 people on the flight. :eek: The FA's just told us if we want anything to just hit the call button as they really didn't see the need to break out the beverage cart. Best flight I ever had. :D

Back in the days of Reno Air (flew up and down the West Coast and bought up by AA), our office decided to work on July 5th (a Friday after a holiday) to keep an urgent project moving. Our customer in Reno was doing the same, so we flew up for a meeting. The rest of the USA was enjoying a 4-day weekend, so there were only 6-8 people on a MD-90. They reseated everyone in front for weight and balance and to make it easy on the cabin crew.

Unless you are up front with lie-flat seats you can have that red eye stuff. :eek:

I did in on AA from SEA to DFW up front on a 737 with no lie-flat and it was brutal. I couldn't imagine doing in the back.

In the middle of last year, I had to do one of those buy-a-ticket-and-fly-a-couple-of-hours later family trips.

LHR-JNB-DUR-JNB-LHR.

In economy. Flown as booked. Went from the office to the airport at the start; went from the airport to the office at the end.

Short domestic hops in the US? Should be child's play.

Short domestic hops in the US? Should be child's play.

The problem with the US domestic midcon overnights like that is that you leave late at night and then less than 3hrs later, having skipped a couple of timezones arrive early the following morning. I did PHX-ATL a couple of times last year, leaving at after midnight and arriving at ATL around 2hrs 30mins later in the dark at around 5.30am local. I did go to work upon arrival at my final destination but those flights are pretty grim.

I'd prefer to have a LON-SA overnight, lots of time to sleep, although I'd rather not in economy ;)

You're all a bunch of soft wusses. ;)

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yup, you are darn right....and i wont even try to hide that fact. :D

I'd prefer to have a LON-SA overnight, lots of time to sleep, although I'd rather not in economy ;)

yup, you are darn right....and i wont even try to hide that fact. :D

That's enough teasing for one evening.