Re:Boom Wants to Bring Supersonic Civilian Travel Back
by ghaff on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @01:18PM
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>Now going home, TATL flights are always overnight.
Not true, at least NY to London. You can leave in the AM and arrive (relatively late) at night.
Re:Boom Wants to Bring Supersonic Civilian Travel Back
by schoen on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @01:54PM
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The parent poster apparently lives in Europe and is "going home" when traveling eastbound to Europe.
I can tell you, if it's truly the same price as J, and you get a domestic FC seat -- it's totally worth it. A typical TATL-EastCoast segment is about 7-9 hours long depending on many factors. If they can cut that to 3 hours, it's a huge win.
First of all, it means that instead of leaving the EU Sunday so I can work Monday morning, I could leave Monday morning about 8AM, and arrive in the USA (assume I have one connection, could be on either side) about 8AM. I've just gained an entire (_weekend_) day of my life back.
Now going home, TATL flights are always overnight. Instead though, I could sleep in a normal bed, get up at 4/5am (I try and stay on EU time anyway for my 5-day trips, get up early, go to bed early), and then land same day and be home before dinner -- and not spend the entire arrival day running on 5 hours of (crap) "sleep".