http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/jet-lag/ falling indelibly into the past Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:16:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/jet-lag/#comment-1833 Miriam Fri, 19 Dec 2003 22:51:42 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=804#comment-1833 <p>There is one way around jet lag, but I don’t remember being able to do it from Los Angeles: instead of taking a night flight, you begin in the morning (US) and arrive around 10:00 PM (UK).  The difference is stunning--about a day to get accustomed to the new time zone, rather than a week.  AFAIK, Chicago-O’Hare is one of the few airports to run these flights (begin ominous <i>Jaws</i> music, for reasons familiar to anyone who has flown out of O’Hare on a regular basis...). </p> There is one way around jet lag, but I don’t remember being able to do it from Los Angeles: instead of taking a night flight, you begin in the morning (US) and arrive around 10:00 PM (UK).  The difference is stunning–about a day to get accustomed to the new time zone, rather than a week.  AFAIK, Chicago-O’Hare is one of the few airports to run these flights (begin ominous Jaws music, for reasons familiar to anyone who has flown out of O’Hare on a regular basis…).

]]> http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/jet-lag/#comment-1832 chuck Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:18:26 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=804#comment-1832 <p>I found west-to-east much more difficult, too.  In college, I flew to London out of Atlanta with a college study abroad group, and my first night there, I woke up with my clock reading 8:30, unable to determine if it was morning or evening. </p> I found west-to-east much more difficult, too.  In college, I flew to London out of Atlanta with a college study abroad group, and my first night there, I woke up with my clock reading 8:30, unable to determine if it was morning or evening.

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