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You're not doing Sydney->Los Angeles, Santiago->Tokyo type long-haul, are you. When you're continent jumping (excluding Eastern US to Europe) 7hrs at supersonic
by pedalpete 6y ago
You're not doing Sydney->Los Angeles, Santiago->Tokyo type long-haul, are you. When you're continent jumping (excluding Eastern US to Europe) 7hrs at supersonic is long enough to get a movie and relax a bit. When you're getting 16 hour flights on a regular basis, you get used to it, but when you've seen all the movies, you realize how much time you've wasted on a plane.
- ls612 6y agoI’ve done US to Sydney twice, I just drank the free booze then popped a sleeping pill and woke up just in time for breakfast before landing. Not ideal at all but not terrible either.
- galacticaactual 6y agoI used to commute from Sydney to Europe every two weeks. So. Yes. I was doing the long hauls.
- notahacker 6y agoThe trouble is, supersonic flight is optimised for flights which take 7hrs in regular aircraft, not longer flights Boom isn't claiming it might have the range for in one hop. Even where fuel stops somewhere like Hawaii are practical, the disadvantage of the supersonic flight is that its still long enough for you to notice they're a lot less comfortable than the first class seat you could have slept and got a morning's worth of work done in...