Here is an excellent article about surviving international flighst from my friend Matt Eaves. His hilarious posting includes factual info, tips for coping and comments.
Check out the site by clicking here!
here is my response ...
haha - I thought he was joking about the pepper thing!
re: when to get on the plane I agree with Matt that being in the middle of the anxious throng is the worst scenario. My solution, however is the opposite - I like to stay in the lounge, with my laptop plugged into the mains, until the very last! I figure they will always give me a final call and once you get around the corner there is always a queue anyway so you haven't exactly delayed proceedings... I just hate queues so I want to avoid them & spend the mimimun time in the plane possible!
re: charging your lapton on the plane - especially for Cokaru the new Airbus A340-600 has in-flight charging facilities without having to buy one of those silly and expensive adaptors. You just plug in between the seats! The socket takes US, Au and UK plugs (very clever) but my AU iBook charger didn't have enough clearance to fit in. Next time I'll take my US adaptor or an extension!
BTW I once got 'in trouble' for plugging my laptop into a socket I found. I figured that if it was going to cause the plane to crash then they wouldn't leave it lying around, but the I got busted and the head air steward told the pilot who told the head air steward to spank me soundly! If only it had been a stewardess, sigh... note: only one part of this story is elaborated, can you tell which...?
an aside: Has anyone ever tried charging from a 110V shaving socket? Kind of antisocial but if you were on the last level of Tetris and you combined it with a pepper snorting mission...?
Cheers Matt,
PS "Discomfort is a state of mind!"
Friday, January 06, 2006
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