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Sounds like the Dreamliner is the only plane designed to avoid this problem. Oddly the article hardly mentions Airbus, so it isn't clear to what degree their planes suffer this problem. And I wonder why European regulators aren't addressing this issue (which seems implied by the article).
I've heard people say they feel different when they fly on 787s. I wonder if this is why. On another note, I'm more concerned with the toxic gases coming out of people sitting next to me.
Does anyone else have a hard time putting up with flying (pre-pandemic) recently? 20 years ago I used to fly without any issue but since they've made the seats smaller, the food somehow got worse and the TSA pre-boarding eats another hour of time I wouldn't have spent in the airport. I recently started trying to fly business class to actually arrive at my destination like a functioning human being and not anxious/sic…
To be honest, even just the amount of jetfuel fumes you take in while on board waiting to push off the from the gate bothers the hell out of me. I think that's just because the jetway connector mostly has unconditioned exterior air and with the door open, that makes its way into the cabin, but it can be very nauseating.
I can only agree that it's nauseating. One time on a trip from Copenhagen to Munich it was so unbearable that I had to throw up. I've told about a dozen friends about this when I got home. While all of them found it very unpleasant, only one other person had to be sick.
I never thought to say or do anything about it.
Great article. If Boeing won't install them and flight crews can't use them, is there anything stopping normal passengers from bringing detection equipment in their carry on luggage?
Does anyone else have a hard time putting up with flying (pre-pandemic) recently? 20 years ago I used to fly without any issue but since they've made the seats smaller, the food somehow got worse and the TSA pre-boarding eats another hour of time I wouldn't have spent in the airport. I recently started trying to fly business class to actually arrive at my destination like a functioning human being and not anxious/sic…
The US needs a more substantial train system. Sleeper cars are refreshing and train travel is extremely enjoyable.
Does anyone else have a hard time putting up with flying (pre-pandemic) recently? 20 years ago I used to fly without any issue but since they've made the seats smaller, the food somehow got worse and the TSA pre-boarding eats another hour of time I wouldn't have spent in the airport. I recently started trying to fly business class to actually arrive at my destination like a functioning human being and not anxious/sic…
Bang for the buck, I’d say our preference became car, train, fancy bus, flying, bad bus.
They all pretty much take the same time, door to door, because the airports are not particularly accessible from our starting point and destination.
The key factors were autonomy and punctuality. If the train or bus hit traffic or broke down, you were totally screwed. Sometimes for hours. If the car hit traffic, we stopped for dinner. The plane is the most expensive, and provides some of the worst experiences of the three. They were rarely late, but really made you suffer for the price.
I never thought I’d become a car person, and yet here I am!
I have no idea what that site is meant to be but it doesn't work on FF/Linux. There is only a headline and a no-sound not-telling-me-anything video... EDIT: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-17/how-we-i... Seems to be a link to the actual article? Or a different article related to it?