Russell,

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:48:34 +1300, Russell McMahon wrote:

> If you were travelling cattle class on a 20 hour flight, would you 
> rather have the bells and whistles this system offers, and reduced 
> legroom, or the alternative? reducing legroom below what is there 
> already must border on criminality. It would certainly increase your 
> risk of death from DVT or force you to increase alternative exercise 
> options.

Well the ideal is being on one of those aircraft but not having the unit in your footspace!  Unfortunately you 
can't tell where they are when you book a seat...

Anyway, can they actually do 20-hour flights yet?  They would certainly need two flight crews, and I'm not 
sure if the fuel-load makes it feasible.  The longest I've done is LAX-AKL which is around 13 hours.  I know 
some people do LHR-LAX-AKL with only a couple of hours on the ground at Los Angeles, but I think they're 
raving bonkers!  When I've been to NZ I've always spent about a week in California in between (which Air-NZ 
allows you to do without charge).

I always do plenty of exercises during a flight, even though it's not always easy when the flight is full, but 
I wander about a number of times, spending some time standing up looking out of the windows in the rear doors.  
You usually get a great view of Las Vegas, Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam on the way to LAX!

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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