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#627279 18-May-2012 12:03

Red wine is the solution. There is a complex formula for establishing the perfect qualitity for eliminating annoyances such as screaming kids, jetlag, noisy people next to you, people behind you hitting your seat, and people who snore. Just be careful you don't exceed the correct dose though, or you'll hit problems when you go to depart the plane and the air pressure at sea level hits you.

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#627287 18-May-2012 12:16

Look at what the local time will be at your destination on arrival and plan your sleep to that.
If you will be landing late afternoon, early evening, then don't sleep on the plane. Go to bed when you get there.
If you are arriving in the morning then sleep on the plane and stay up when you get there and go out in the sun as much as possible.

This helps a lot with jetlag.

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#627288 18-May-2012 12:17

Wear foam earplugs under noise cancelling headphones. NC only affects low noises like engines, ear plugs blocks out screaming kids, announcements, etc. You can get airline adapters from airplane two prong to normal headphones on ebay for next to nothing, look for sellers in Hong Kong or China.

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#627290 18-May-2012 12:31

timmmay: ear plugs blocks out announcements, etc.

Yeah, totally better not to hear: "The captain has initiated the emergency sequence, please assume the crash position".

It isn't like it is going to make a difference.

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#627292 18-May-2012 12:37

crackrdbycracku:

Remember that for take off and landing electronic devices must be off. I always take a paper book or at least a magazine. They also don't break or require batteries.

Recently I've flown a couple of different airlines and they leave the entertainment system on all the way through but take away the supplied headphone when the seat belt signs go on - 30 minutes before landing in most cases. So taking your own headphones (with the adaptor plug for the dual 3.5mm mono plugs) is great as you can watch that final movie all the way to the gate.

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#627293 18-May-2012 12:37

CYaBro: Look at what the local time will be at your destination on arrival and plan your sleep to that.

With cheap longhaul getting as much sleep as possible whenever I can is the one that works for me. The time left after waking up for meals, waking up for changing planes, people getting on and/off and a couple of movies and magazines is the maximum and works out about right for a 24 hour period in the air. Thanks for the reminder, I will optimise more it in that direction and aim for bright sunlight next day.

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#627296 18-May-2012 12:38

crackrdbycracku:
timmmay: ear plugs blocks out announcements, etc.

Yeah, totally better not to hear: "The captain has initiated the emergency sequence, please assume the crash position".

It isn't like it is going to make a difference.

Yeah that happens all the time. Neither will people who are asleep. Foam earplugs don't block everything out, you still have some hearing.

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#627319 18-May-2012 13:10

sbiddle: Red wine is the solution.

Maybe, but the cheap individually bottled stuff in economy has worse effects than the disease it is trying to cure..

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#627339 18-May-2012 13:49

Compression socks really help too :)

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#627340 18-May-2012 13:51

gehenna: Compression socks really help too :)

They do? How does it feel different?

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#627355 18-May-2012 14:36

geekiegeek: Noise canceling headphones!

Seconded :) They don't have to be active, just a good set of noise isolating is great. I have several pairs of CX300-II's (don't buy on trademe, or ebay, fakes galore) along with the little airplane to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter that you can pickup for $5 at any airport stationary store. Films that you struggled to hear during quiet periods are no problem, engine noise is completely gone, cant even hear the air hostess speak to you without removing an ear plug.

The good thing about the CX300-II's is that they are comfortable enough in your ear to rest your ear against the seat while your sleeping with them still still plugged in which is rare for earplugs I find.

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#627356 18-May-2012 14:41

sbiddle: Red wine is the solution. There is a complex formula for establishing the perfect qualitity for eliminating annoyances such as screaming kids, jetlag, noisy people next to you, people behind you hitting your seat, and people who snore. Just be careful you don't exceed the correct dose though, or you'll hit problems when you go to depart the plane and the air pressure at sea level hits you.

+1. I go totally against all "advice" and generally survive as well or better than those I've travelled with.

Drink plenty of wine and eat salty snacks. Dehydration is your friend, as it means you can then go 12hrs without having to climb over people and queue for horrible toilets. Wine is better than beer as it has more effect for less water.

Sleep as little as possible so that you'll be really tied when you get to the other end, then make sure you stay up until normal bedtime at your destination. A couple of drinks before bed and you'll get a good night sleep and beat jet lag there and then.

Seriously - this works for me, although totally against accepted "wisdom".

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#627385 18-May-2012 15:43

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sbiddle: Red wine is the solution. There is a complex formula for establishing the perfect qualitity for eliminating annoyances such as screaming kids, jetlag, noisy people next to you, people behind you hitting your seat, and people who snore. Just be careful you don't exceed the correct dose though, or you'll hit problems when you go to depart the plane and the air pressure at sea level hits you.

+1. I go totally against all "advice" and generally survive as well or better than those I've travelled with.

Drink plenty of wine and eat salty snacks. Dehydration is your friend, as it means you can then go 12hrs without having to climb over people and queue for horrible toilets. Wine is better than beer as it has more effect for less water.

Sleep as little as possible so that you'll be really tied when you get to the other end, then make sure you stay up until normal bedtime at your destination. A couple of drinks before bed and you'll get a good night sleep and beat jet lag there and then.

Seriously - this works for me, although totally against accepted "wisdom".

Works for me as well!

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#627409 18-May-2012 16:26

crackrdbycracku:
timmmay: ear plugs blocks out announcements, etc.

Yeah, totally better not to hear: "The captain has initiated the emergency sequence, please assume the crash position".

It isn't like it is going to make a difference.

Yeah I think I might pick up on the general "we're all going to die" vibe with out needing to hear what's going on.

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#627435 18-May-2012 17:42

rphenix:
geekiegeek: Noise canceling headphones!

Seconded :) They don't have to be active, just a good set of noise isolating is great. I have several pairs of CX300-II's (don't buy on trademe, or ebay, fakes galore) along with the little airplane to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter that you can pickup for $5 at any airport stationary store. Films that you struggled to hear during quiet periods are no problem, engine noise is completely gone, cant even hear the air hostess speak to you without removing an ear plug.

The good thing about the CX300-II's is that they are comfortable enough in your ear to rest your ear against the seat while your sleeping with them still still plugged in which is rare for earplugs I find.

Thanks for the rec. Computer Lounge have a special on those. Are they easy to insert/reinsert? Sleeping without an earache, could it be possible? : ).

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