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View Poll Results: How many hours on a flight is too long for you?
1 - 5 hours 6 13.64%
6 - 10 hours 14 31.82%
11 - 15 hours 8 18.18%
16 - 20 hours 3 6.82%
20 - 25 hours 5 11.36%
Anything over 25 hours 4 9.09%
None of the above 4 9.09%
I hate flying! 0 0%
Voters: 44. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 11-05-2010, 11:19 PM
 
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How many hours on an airliner is too long for you?
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Old 11-05-2010, 11:40 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Pennsylvania / Dull Germany
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Well, it depends. As my current budget forces me to fly economy, I don't like long flights that much (I am about 6'4'').
My longest flight was FRA-ATL or something like that, against the wind with 10h10 - in a shabby Delta 767 economy class. It was too much, but I survived.
The normal East Coast - Western Europe flights with about 7-9 hrs are okay, a few times a year.
Anything under 4-5hrs really is a pleasure.
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Old 11-06-2010, 12:37 AM
 
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Chicago-Beijing was 15:50, JFK-Seoul was 15:05. I think the longest flight on Earth now is JFK to Singapore at about 18 hours. Getting stuck on the tarmac for hours upon hours is a whole different animal. Asiana is superb, and still offers great free drinks, and great food (in Economy). UAL sucks, so does American. And I'm as American as a T-bone steak. Labor unions destroying modern aviation is what is un-American.
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Old 11-06-2010, 12:59 AM
 
Location: Viña del Mar, Chile
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I go where I want to go, I try to make it the shortest flight possible but I'm not going to miss out on a place to go to because of flight time
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Old 11-06-2010, 03:15 AM
 
Location: Big Island- Hawaii, AK, WA where the whales are!
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I wanted to go to Bali this year with a friend that buys all her stock for store from Bali. Would be a great trip with someone who has a inside to the villages but when I found out how many hours even from Hawaii... I can't be I don't think on the plane that long... maybe try it to Thialand but overnight on a flight. Too much for me. At this point.
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Old 11-06-2010, 04:13 AM
 
Location: NH Lakes Region
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I've been on several flights longer than 11 hours and they are definitely not fun... my longest was 19+ hours (coach on South African Air) from DC to Johannesburg... now THAT was torture... I would have taken ANY layover to get out and stretch a bit on that flight. I have yet to forgo a trip just because of flight times and routes, though..
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Old 11-06-2010, 05:38 AM
 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-stop_flight
FYI Newark--Singapore is 8285 miles. Newark Johanessburg is 7984 or 17:20 minutes.
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Old 11-07-2010, 06:15 AM
 
Location: :~)
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I start getting really uncomfortable after 2 hrs unless its JetBlue. Otherwise, I start getting squirmy in my seat.
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Old 11-07-2010, 12:47 PM
 
Location: The Ranch in Olam Haba
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I wish an affordable concorde type airplane would come out just for crossing the Atlantic/Pacific. For me short haul flights are more annoying than long haul flights.
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Old 11-07-2010, 05:54 PM
 
Location: San Diego CA
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I just returned from a trip to Singapore involving almost 20 hours of flight time all in economy class ! Way too long. This didn't include another 5 hours or so waiting for connecting flights.
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