Tuesday, January 24, 2006
At LAX, waiting for the redeye
Of course, I have a strategy: a flagon of India pale ale followed by a couple of Nyquil LiquiCaps. If you hear tomorrow that there's a dead guy in seat 12D, Continental flight 1803, somebody tell Glenn Reynolds. And my family.
On the bright side, it seems as if the average traveler is a lot more civil at this hour. People happily share their table at the crowded airport bar, and everybody is very courteous and deferential. Perhaps, like soldiers the night before a big battle, redeye passengers do not want to leave this world with a serious karma deficit. Or maybe we're simply too tired not to be courteous.
4 Comments:
By 
John Fisher, at
Tue Jan 24, 06:32:00 AM:
I gave up on redeyes after one a few years ago that featured several screaming babies.
By Cassandra, at
Tue Jan 24, 10:13:00 AM:
Ugh. I hate that particular time slot.
But I'm a confirmed JetBlue fan - I took them whenever possible from Cali - don't know if you've tried them yet, but I can't say enough good things about them.
Plus the nice thing is that you can fly out of Long Beach, which is a *much* nicer airport (and far less crowded than LAX or Oakland).
By Cardinalpark, at
Tue Jan 24, 02:24:00 PM:
You can also fly them out of San Jose, Burbank, San Diego or Ontario, for those committed transcon flyers...just fyi...
By 
, at
Tue Jan 24, 02:52:00 PM:
I last took a redeye while in my twenties. The idea of getting home early but near death no longer appeals to me. However, the last one I took was on a near empty DC-10 so I could stretch over across the center seats.
Whats worse is the Friday Frankfurt to Dulles flight that gets you in at 4 pm. A long flight, jet lag setting in, and dealing with the DC beltway traffic at rush hour is too much to take.
