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4. No-one has really solved "flying east"... I mean following the sun (aka flying west), you "gain" time as in you can land local time (@arrival) "before" you l
by mshook 5y ago
4. No-one has really solved "flying east"... I mean following the sun (aka flying west), you "gain" time as in you can land local time (@arrival) "before" you left local time (@departure). Going east is a totally different story so you might as well take the red-eye flight and catch a good night of sleep.
So the whole "business" argument of having a full work day flying east doesn't really work. Unless you can fly really really really fast which none of these planes do.
The only gain flying east is less flying time.
- avmich 5y agoIf you leave Tokyo in the morning via a suborbit you can get to San Francisco before the end of previous business day. So when it really needs to be there yesterday... fly east.