surprised at the numbers of business people on here admitting to drinking whilst flying. Very early in my exporting career I realised that jet lag was far worse if you drank alcohol, the real issue being dehydration. So I used to drink a lot of water, refuse the junk food and sleep through the flights to arrive in decent nick.
I would have guessed that the flight drink problem was confined to holiday travelers on the likes of Sleezyjet not business types in club.
I'm one of those that spends far, far too much time inside metal tubes.
Short haul I rarely drink, mainly because a car is waiting at the other end but I always bring a bottle of water onboard.
Long haul we fly business class so I drink in the lounge before boarding and drink up until the end of the main meal service. Coupled with a couple of Kalms there is a chance of sleep. I've tried not drinking alcohol, just soft drinks, drinking only water and it all makes not one iota of difference. Back in the early days we used to be issued with sleeping tablets, but they, when taken after drinking, just make me feel terrible afterwards.
Flying back from the USA really knocks me for 6. Possibly because the flight starts at the end of a long day and dumps me at LHR when my body clock thinks it is far too early to be awake. The rest of that day is usually a blurr, I go to bed at about 8pm and sleep for 10 to 12 hours, after which I feel vaguely human.
I arrived back on Saturday last from BWI, one the last but one flight for the aged 767, it retired on Monday. Saturday was a mess, Sunday I wasn't much better, really only came good on Monday.
Up to 2002 I had a BA Gold Card, but slipped back to Blue due to a job change..now back to Silver for the last 4 years and with every chance I'll get back to Gold next year.
Not what I wanted or expected for my 65th Birthday present!!!!!
My retirement ambition is never to fly on a scheduled service ever again.
