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Timezones. 6PM in NYC is midnight in Paris. Leave the office at 3PM and get to Paris at Midnight? Lost half a day leaving, still not getting into a hotel unti
by smachiz 7y ago
Timezones. 6PM in NYC is midnight in Paris. Leave the office at 3PM and get to Paris at Midnight? Lost half a day leaving, still not getting into a hotel until 1AM best case.
Leave NYC supersonic at 9PM, get to paris at 6AM, great, I might've been able to sleep 1h.
On a normal plane I can leave NYC at 6PM, get to Paris at 8AM, and hopefully have gotten to sleep for 3-4h.
This also doesn't account for block padding - busy destinations and origins are busy. JFK-CDG is blocked at ~7.5h, at least 45m of that time is for padding departure/taxiing/landing slots in JFK and CDG.
Doubling the speed of the middle leg is not the same as halving trip length.
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- ghaff 7y agoMy dad once told me he got upgraded to the Concorde on NY-LHR once. Aside from having the experience, he said it wasn't really a win. As he put it, with the regular first class, he got a nice meal on the plane and got into London in time for bed. With the Concorde, he got in in time for rush hour and had to immediately go out to dinner.
- smachiz 7y agoYeah, for sure. You still burned your whole day and nothing but pain to show for it. Still wish I got to fly it though!