I can fall asleep almost anywhere. I routinely fall asleep in the break room at work. Once, I was helping a friend fix his car, and I fell asleep on his garage floor when he went inside to get water.
But in a hot metal tube tearing through the sky, with my neck all kinked? Get out of here, man.
Noise cancelling headphones and the antihistamine tablets that say “will cause drowsiness do not operate machinery or drive” washed down with a pint of beer. Sleep for 6 hours no problems.
The jet engine noise puts me to sleep. Those sweet delta waves.
I fly jetBlue or Southwest; no Delta for me.
Nah y’all gotta fly Spirit, I’m still surprised we made it off the ground
For real. I sometimes put plane engine noise at home as background noise to fall asleep
Alcohol and Dramamine. At least, that’s how I do it so I’m not having a panic attack the entire flight.
I’ve only ever been comfortable in a small plane where I can see the pilot because I’m sitting like next to or behind them. If the engines cut out, those can glide a lot easier than a huge jumbo.
I have two wolves in me. One wishes he could be pilot. The other is afraid of flying.
You may (or may not) be surprised to learn that modern jet liners have much higher glide ratios than small planes (like a Cessna 172), though even the glide ratio of a Cessna is pretty damn good at about 9:1, getting 9,000 feet horizontally for every 1,000 feet of altitude.
All pilots are trained in engine-out procedures as part of their license training and, while unequivocally an emergency condition, is fairly benign until it’s time to land—preferably on a suitable landing surface.
Face your fear and go on a discovery flight with a flight instructor at your local municipal airport.
I can’t. I book day flights.
I sleep better on day flights. They raise the cabin temp on red eyes and it makes me restless.
I like what comedian Ismo said, there are two types of people: people who can sleep anywhere and people who can’t sleep anywhere. I’m from the first. You seem to be in the middle. I can fall asleep standing up.
Like a baby. The older I’ve gotten I’ve gained the ability to fall asleep virtually anywhere. My wife is super jealous that I’m able to be asleep for an entire 5-7 hour flight.
Those little neck pillows they board the plane wearing.
Idk I can’t sleep on planes either.
on my first trip to SE Asia I stsyed up overnight and planned to sleep the whole time on the plane. This was advice I was given to help combat jet lag for 12 hour difference of time. Turns out…I can’t sleep on planes. I arrived delirious and. borderline hallucinating. I slept like 18 hours once at the hotel. I now power through the whole flight with caffeine and videogames after taking a nap at home as close to flight time as possible.
When traveling between far time zones, I do my best to arrive at my destination at night, so I can immediately go to sleep. I can’t really sleep on planes, so it’s easier to force myself to stay awake for 24-30 hours and just sleep when I get there.
I traveled to India in 2018, which was a 12.5 hour time zone difference from where I lived at the time. I had my flight all scheduled to arrive back at home at night like I like. But my flight got cancelled due to a tropical storm. I ended up having the airline find me another flight that didn’t have the layover where the tropical storm was, so I actually got home sooner… But now in the morning. I couldn’t sleep on the plane no matter how hard I tried. So I arrived back at home at 10 AM, which felt like night time to my body. And this was after essentially going a whole day without sleep already. As soon as I got home I passed out and slept all day. Worst thing I could have done. I went pretty much a whole week of sleeping all day and laying in bed all night with my eyes wide open. It wasn’t until day 7 back home that I started feeling somewhat normal again.
I also stay overnight and plan on sleeping during the flight. Except I actually sleep like a baby. I am usually having trouble staying awake for the dinner.
Last flight to Japan the plane was mostly empty, so all of my company we moved to empty rows, we each had 3 seats to ourselves and slept lying down like in a bed. Best flight ever. Also did the same in the return flight.
Yup. The only time I actually slept at all was when I laid across three seats. It’s only happened once
Worst one for me was a business trip to Asia where I worked Friday, went home for a couple hours and then headed to the airport for a 1AM flight. 13 hours on the flight where I don’t sleep at all, landed at my destination at 5AM local time. Had to then kill an entire day and pushed through till 10PM before going to bed. I think it was around 40 hours between beds.
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I just don’t sleep (or sleep late) before the fight.
First you find a comfortable position. Sometimes a pillow helps. Then close your eyes.
Failed at step 1
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I’ve been on, like, fewer than 50 flights, so I don’t think I’ve slept on one.
Sometimes I can, other times I can’t. Same as in a bed.
But seriously did a lot of night time car trips when I was a kid. I think I was conditioned for car-colepsy. Oddest chair I fell asleep in was during a dental filling.
Melatonin helps. It’s a natural chemical your brain releases to help make you drowsy at bedtime and you can get it over the counter to help sleep. It also resets your biological clock which makes it helpful for jet lag.
That with noise cancelling headphones or earplugs, a sleep mask to cover the eyes, and laying as flat as possible (even paying for business class) all help.
The only time I ever slept comfortably in coach was when I was younger and on drugs.
These days, whenever it’s reasonable, I upgrade.
