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Do I find air travel comfortable? For the most part, yes, and I've mostly flown on low-cost airlines. After a few hours the seats do get a bit uncomfortable, but then if you're in your seat for the best part of 5 hours it's only natural to get a bit of a sore derriere.
I love 777s for the noise factor, but not so much for the legroom on average. I generally have a small enough carry-on that fits under the seat in front of me, which is handy as the overhead luggage bins are usually rammed full by everyone else. Makes it quicker for me to get ready to alight and I can get to my stuff more easily. Only thing is that takes away space to stretch my legs properly, so I do find the legs get a bit of cramp.
Which is mostly why I have a new policy on flights now, especially long-haul ones. I like a seat near the engines for the fun factor, but for comfort I prefer an aisle seat so I can easily get up when I need to. Given I can only sleep on flights when I'm past the point of exhaustion, and even then it's not for long (a couple of hours at most normally), I'd rather not have to wake someone up to leave a window seat and re-wake them up when I come back. I'm sure you can imagine how much I dislike overnight flights, a necessary evil when going around the world sadly.
Generally speaking, I don't have an issue with airports. It's part of the holiday for me, yes some airports are ridiculously overloaded with expensive shopping areas (Heathrow T5 is a perfect example, but so is Sydney), and some have poor catering choices (Vilnius I'm looking at you here), but it's just a necessary thing to deal with. If nothing else I explore the terminal as much as I can, so I can potentially pass on any wisdom, hints or tips for fellow travellers in my trip reports. A bloody good walk around the terminal is not a bad thing for both the obvious health benefits but also being active before sitting down for potentially 12+ hours is just sensible to me.
I discovered this thread by chance this morning, so apologies for catching up on it with a mighty long post! With regards to those commenting on smoking, those who do so by the doors at hospitals really annoy me. Right in front of giant no smoking signs too, indeed the whole grounds is meant to be smoke-free. Such a rule is not commonly enforced from what I've seen, which disappoints me. With regards to smoking on trains or planes, as a current partaker of nicotine, hopefully not for too much longer, I wouldn't want to sit on a flight/train journey in such an environment. I mean, the stench in those indoor smoking areas like at Abu Dhabi is just vile. Scandinavia airports do that better, as while they also have indoor areas they have special ventilation systems that suck the fumes out at all times. So you don't get the smell which is very clever. I'd personally like to see such a thing at more airports.
So, do I find flying comfortable/enjoyable? Generally, yes. Most of the time I don't have legroom issues, not even on LCCs. Only time I have had a significant issue was in the 'regular' seats on a Norwegian 787 in 2016. I'd actually like to see how I fare now on those same seats, given in 2016 I was a fair bit bigger than I am now, and that generally I find better legroom now than I did prior to 2018.
I love 777s for the noise factor, but not so much for the legroom on average. I generally have a small enough carry-on that fits under the seat in front of me, which is handy as the overhead luggage bins are usually rammed full by everyone else. Makes it quicker for me to get ready to alight and I can get to my stuff more easily. Only thing is that takes away space to stretch my legs properly, so I do find the legs get a bit of cramp.
Which is mostly why I have a new policy on flights now, especially long-haul ones. I like a seat near the engines for the fun factor, but for comfort I prefer an aisle seat so I can easily get up when I need to. Given I can only sleep on flights when I'm past the point of exhaustion, and even then it's not for long (a couple of hours at most normally), I'd rather not have to wake someone up to leave a window seat and re-wake them up when I come back. I'm sure you can imagine how much I dislike overnight flights, a necessary evil when going around the world sadly.
Generally speaking, I don't have an issue with airports. It's part of the holiday for me, yes some airports are ridiculously overloaded with expensive shopping areas (Heathrow T5 is a perfect example, but so is Sydney), and some have poor catering choices (Vilnius I'm looking at you here), but it's just a necessary thing to deal with. If nothing else I explore the terminal as much as I can, so I can potentially pass on any wisdom, hints or tips for fellow travellers in my trip reports. A bloody good walk around the terminal is not a bad thing for both the obvious health benefits but also being active before sitting down for potentially 12+ hours is just sensible to me.
I discovered this thread by chance this morning, so apologies for catching up on it with a mighty long post! With regards to those commenting on smoking, those who do so by the doors at hospitals really annoy me. Right in front of giant no smoking signs too, indeed the whole grounds is meant to be smoke-free. Such a rule is not commonly enforced from what I've seen, which disappoints me. With regards to smoking on trains or planes, as a current partaker of nicotine, hopefully not for too much longer, I wouldn't want to sit on a flight/train journey in such an environment. I mean, the stench in those indoor smoking areas like at Abu Dhabi is just vile. Scandinavia airports do that better, as while they also have indoor areas they have special ventilation systems that suck the fumes out at all times. So you don't get the smell which is very clever. I'd personally like to see such a thing at more airports.
So, do I find flying comfortable/enjoyable? Generally, yes. Most of the time I don't have legroom issues, not even on LCCs. Only time I have had a significant issue was in the 'regular' seats on a Norwegian 787 in 2016. I'd actually like to see how I fare now on those same seats, given in 2016 I was a fair bit bigger than I am now, and that generally I find better legroom now than I did prior to 2018.
