Long Distance Flight And How To Handle It
Long distance flight is something nobody looks forward to. Thinking beforehand about endless hours spent on a plane fill many people with dread. The boredom, the prospect of spending the long distance flight sitting next to someone you find hideous and the cramped conditions make us wish that we could just be put in a coma and awoken when the flight is over.
For some travellers the first thought is to drink a lot of alcohol on the flight so you can pass out and spend the flight virtually unconscious. Going to town on the booze in a plane full of strangers is never really a good idea. You could make an awful fool of yourself or just end up feeling awful.
A better suggestion is to stay up late the night before a long distance flight. Get as little sleep as possible. You get up in the morning, get to the airport and the tedious routine, by the time you are tucked up in your seat you should be ready to doze off. This may not work if you have to drive for hours to get to the airport. If you have to stay alert in the hours before the flight, some kind of cold medicine that makes you drowsy might be the way to go. In this case, stay away from the alcohol altogether.
You can take some stuff with you that will help you combat the boredom on a long distance flight. An mp3 player with plenty of memory is a great accessory for flying. Twenty gigs of music will ensure that you don’t need to go looking for something to listen to on the flight.
If you are one of the millions of people who enjoy playing video games, then make sure you have one with you. Or there is always a book. Everybody knows there is no better treatment for boredom than a book. Bring a couple. If you can’t go to sleep on the flight, you can get absorbed in a story. Make sure the book you choose is in the genre that you enjoy because there is nothing worse than opening a romantic story when you enjoy a good thriller.
Leaving the boredom of long distance flight, you should make sure that you get on the plane in the first place. So get to the airport a few hours early just to make sure you get are good seat and are not on the list of passengers to miss the flight because of over booking.