Recently
new long haul flights were revealed and I as an individual passenger was disgusted.
Not in the sense that it is wrong but who would want to be in the air for 15 or
16 hours with nowhere to go, killing their time with nothing to do even after
watching movies or other stuff on the screen if they are available. The most I
can remember is that the longest flight I have taken was the direct flight to
Hawaii which was 10 hours in the air (I may have taken longer flights but that
I don’t remember) and at that time it was torture since the airline did not
provide free movies or television and you have to buy them but the flight was
smooth enough that I manage to swallow it. But these long haul flights which
are like 15 or 16 hours nonstop flights are really for some people that can
endure this.
I mean if
you are at your house, you still move around for the above mentioned duration,
so how is it possible that with cramped seats in the economy class you would be
able to sleep or sit still and if you have some cranky passenger beside you or
behind or in front of you or a small child who is constantly crying (even
adults can cry in this situation), it becomes unbearable. Even if you have the
means to fly first class with enough space for you to lie down, this more than
half a day of continuous flight is not for the faint of heart. I don’t
want to say never but for now, I am not looking forward to having this kinds of
nonstop flights anytime soon or later.