Jet Lag

Planes are awesome. Tens of tonnes of aluminium frame, thin sheet metal, and interior coupled with futuristic technology engineered to perfection so that a hundred odd people and their baggage can get from A to B in just a few short hours. Does anyone here marvel at how we get these things in the air at all? They're freaking massive! Planes are awesome, but their achievements are only rivaled by their monumental shittiness.

I'll tell you right now, I ride economy. I also usually take the red eye. Why do I torture myself so? because it's cheap, that's why. I should really stop there because I know I'm just doing this to myself, but I know they can do better with airlines. Let's start with the seats. I swear to god they are designed just badly enough that your ass goes numb after the first five minutes sitting there, and you spend the next  four hours of your flight fidgeting so that your legs don't fall off. I am not abusing the word "literally" when I say that a hard wooden pew is literally more tolerable for a longer duration. I can sit on a wooden plank for three hours but when it comes to seats on a plane, ten minutes is more than enough. If you're reading this, send a recommendation to your preferred economy airline and ask them to put wooden planks instead of their usual crap. If they get enough letters, they will surely oblige, after all, wooden planks are a lot cheaper than full leather covers.

Now an issue that comes up a lot is leg room. This is not really an issue for me, personally, I think the problem is lying room. You can't sleep on a plane sitting up, you just sort of flop over. you don't have the support on the sides to keep you up when you fall asleep and relax. There are of course two solutions. Lie on the person next to you, which for some reason tends to creep people out, unless you happen to be an attractive female, which I happen to be neither. The second option is to get a window seat and lean on the wall. This novel solution is perfect if not for the fact that the gap between the seat and the curved wall is exactly the width of your head. This means your neck is permanently contorted into a completely unnatural position while you sleep. This is fine though, until you wake up and three of your vertebrae are broken.

Of course there is one other way to sleep on a plane. Fold down the tray table and sleep on that as if it were an 8 AM Monday morning lecture. unfortunately, the seats are approximately 3 centimeters (1 in) too close to each other in order for you to fit your head lying down.You virtually have to cram your head into the seat pocket in front of you in order to get enough room. This is of course fine except for the aforementioned three broken vertebrae.

Never mind that though, the flight was very enjoyable, and I look forwards to the next one. On a completely unrelated note, I have to go to the hospital now for some spinal surgery.