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Re:Airbus thinks it has found a way to alleviate jet lag by manigandham on Sunday April 10, 2016 @12:37PM (#11466902)
> This sounds like "Just pay three thousand dollars per flight and problem solved!"

That's because it is. The fact that there's a solution that costs money doesn't make it any less of a solution.

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Re:Airbus thinks it has found a way to alleviate jet lag by nommm-nommm on Sunday April 10, 2016 @01:04PM (#11467057)
A solution that 99% of us can't utilize, unfortunately.

It's like if someone suggested how to improve public transportation and you answered "I found the best improvement - just take a cab everywhere."

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Re:Airbus thinks it has found a way to alleviate jet lag by stcredzero on Sunday April 10, 2016 @01:57PM (#11467354)
It's like if someone suggested how to improve public transportation and you answered "I found the best improvement - just take a cab everywhere."

Re: local transportation: What if it ends up being an improvement of the transportation market, to the point all middle class people can afford to pay for a ride in a car when you really need it? Virgin Atlantic started off with Richard Branson chartering planes across the Atlantic.

How could one disrupt transatlantic travel in a different way?

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Re:Airbus thinks it has found a way to alleviate jet lag by manigandham on Sunday April 10, 2016 @01:25PM (#11467167)
> It's like if someone suggested how to improve public transportation and you answered "I found the best improvement - just take a cab everywhere."

I think you mean the experience of public transportation, in which case, air travel is public transportation and buying 1st class tickets does improve it. Cabs are private transport and wouldn't be a solution to that specific problem.

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Re:Airbus thinks it has found a way to alleviate jet lag by vigilant on Sunday April 10, 2016 @02:43PM (#11467531)
But this is hackernews - the demographic is highly paid silicon valley workers. If you're making 250k-500k a year, then a few thousand dollars whenever you do a transcontinental flight is a reasonable luxury. It is just a few weeks rent, after all.
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Re:Airbus thinks it has found a way to alleviate jet lag by robotresearcher on Sunday April 10, 2016 @09:54PM (#11469178)
There are lots of people here who don't meet that description. Please don't make us feel unwelcome. There is plenty of room for a sub thread for solutions for people without business class budgets. Don't read it if you don't need it.
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Re:Airbus thinks it has found a way to alleviate jet lag by ant6n on Sunday April 10, 2016 @06:51PM (#11468573)
Yeah I don't think many people who read HN make that sort of money.
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Re:Airbus thinks it has found a way to alleviate jet lag by Nullabillity on Sunday April 10, 2016 @12:54PM (#11467001)
A solution doesn't really help if it's not an option in the first place.
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