From my above post:

Don’t forget the incessant drone of the radial engines...

Helpful taxi drivers in HK? What sorcery is this? ;)

We carry a body bag on all our aircraft. It’s a regulatory requirement.

Airliners are pretty efficient. :)

Heh... Thankfully lavatory air is not recycled like the rest of the cabin air. On a modern plane it’s quite hard to get a whiff unless someone has gone full Jackson Pollock in the lav.

I hear you...

I’ve operated all of one trip with 16-hour block time each way. Even with four crew, the crew bunk, the comfy seats at the pointy end, and the northern lights on the way back, I was cooked at the end. Bored to tears. For about 6 hours over the pole there isn’t even the occasional radio call to stave off…

When I was in my early 20s I’d fly Europe to LAX a few times a year in economy. No big deal. 20+ years on, my body seems... changed into one that is no longer quite as tolerant... :)

Fair dinkum.

Air inside the cabin is recycled every two minutes to make flyers more comfortable and cut down on the effects of jet lag, Airbus claims.

We do 15+ hour flights with our “non-ULR” 350s. 270+ passengers. The waste tanks handle it fine.

We routinely do 15-hour flights in our non-ULR 350s with 270+ passengers. The waste tanks are fine.

The one bright spot in an otherwise terrible movie. :)

We still do the occasional take-off with packs off for performance reasons. Hot weather, short runway and high weight all have an effect.

Poo and pee are not dumped in flight. 

In my experience, a 1h35m connection at HKG shouldn’t really require any rushing. Was there a long line at transfers?

US domestic carriers call it first class, but seat-wise it is more like what most Asian or European carriers would call “regional business”. Nowhere near business class on BA, CX or SQ, and miles from international first class.

If nothing else, it’s a lot more interesting than looking at the Google Search page every time you launch a new tab.

AFAIK a hovercraft is built to float even with the engines off, but not as well as a boat.

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