Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
dont most airlines have like built in PMP's? (personal media players)
i travelled on virgin last, and they had seats with your own tv and remote and you could chose from a massive list of movies, tv shows, music and radio.... i didnt even feel the need to break out my PSP or mp3 player
Originally posted by: TTM77
Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
dont most airlines have like built in PMP's? (personal media players)
i travelled on virgin last, and they had seats with your own tv and remote and you could chose from a massive list of movies, tv shows, music and radio.... i didnt even feel the need to break out my PSP or mp3 player
Yep.. the Korean airline that I was on had that too. I can even go to the map see where the plane is. They had a long list of movies and it start from the beginning.
Originally posted by: George P Burdell
UPDATE: Wow, this thread came back from the dead, so I guess an update wouldn't hurt. Cliffs at the end.
I flew Korean air, nonstop from ATL to ICN. Departing flight was 15 hours, the return was 13 hours (or vice versa), probably due to prevailing wind conditions.
I passed most of my time watching movies or listening to music. On the flight to ICN, I had lots of legroom and two seats to myself, so that was nice. Across the aisle, a Korean kid was playing some strategy game on his laptop. I didn't recognize the game so I spoke to him for a while. But he didn't know a lot of English and I don't know any Korean so that was an interesting conversation. On the return flight, I had an aisle seat next to a young lady with a little kid so we killed a lot of time chatting about random stuff.
In Seoul, one official walked up to me and asked "US Army?" I burst out laughing and I have no idea what made him think I'd qualify to be in the Army.
On both flights, I managed to grab a seat in the first row, which meant I had a lot of legroom. My seat also had a power outlet. Had I known this earlier, I would have carried my laptop and some movies/games (somehow seatguru.com didn't have correct information). I used the power outlet to keep my iPod charged. By some miracle, all infants/little-kids on both flights were peaceful.
Summary: Overall, not a bad experience at all. While 15/16 hour flights can be a b!tch, I think it's better to complete the journey in one sitting, as opposed to flying for eight/nine hours, waiting an hour or two and catching another eight/nine hour flight.
Originally posted by: DaWhim
I had 15 hours flight to HK in late dec. I don't know what is the big deal about long flight. I wished the flight could've been longer.
Originally posted by: Juno
suck it up. i flew 14 hours each occasion between jfk airport in long island, ny and seoul, south korea.
Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
..their hostesses are hot and bend over..
Originally posted by: Azndude51
Originally posted by: DaWhim
I had 15 hours flight to HK in late dec. I don't know what is the big deal about long flight. I wished the flight could've been longer.
You, sir, are crazy. I can't stand long flights, it can so uncomfortable sitting in a metal tube for hours and hours.