Re:How to sleep on a long haul flight
by lionhearted on Monday June 07, 2010 @09:30AM
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If you can get a second blanket, there's a way to wrap blankets to cover your ears, head, and eyes, while leaving your mouth and nose alone. This keeps it warmer, darker, and quieter - it's not hard once you think about how to do it. Sometimes I'll use a long coat like a blanket, and wrap the airline-blanket around my head/eyes/ears in this fashion for sleeping.
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Actually I sometimes do that also. Depends on my mood. On some flights I've been known to cover my head with a blanket to create a cocoon and give my seat mate the "I'm a weirdo, don't talk to me" vibe.
Re:How to sleep on a long haul flight
by lionhearted on Monday June 07, 2010 @09:36AM
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Good stuff - I only half-cocoon with the wrap because I can't sleep so well completely under the blanket. I might try one of those head pieces after reading the article - I'm usually on the road for a while so I fight hard not to pack around extra gear, but if I'm doing a lot of flights in a short period it's probably worth the $10 just to see if there's a benefit. I'm flying tomorrow but it's only a two hour flight, I might try next time I do a long haul - cheers for the recommendations.