My wife and I most often fly Southwest Airlines domestically, that is, within the borders of the United States. This is the interior of a Boeing 737 like Southwest uses exclusively in their fleet. (The photo is from Bing Images.)
If I am trying to read, I do not like splotches of sunlight and shadow coming through the cabin windows onto my book. If we are flying from east to west, I like to plan to sit on the north side of the airplane while it is in flight. That would be the right side in the photo. Since Southwest has open seating rather than assigned seats, this is very much possible.
If I am trying to read, I do not like splotches of sunlight and shadow coming through the cabin windows onto my book. If we are flying from east to west, I like to plan to sit on the north side of the airplane while it is in flight. That would be the right side in the photo. Since Southwest has open seating rather than assigned seats, this is very much possible.
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Most of my flights are only an hour or two in duration. But, we recently had a four hour flight from Nashville, Tennessee to Las Vegas, Nevada. Some pilots give the passengers frequent updates on where the plane is at the moment. Most do not. After a while, adults can be as curious as children to know where they are. Southwest Airlines gives small napkins with the snacks and beverages. The back of these napkins includes a nice map of the continental United States with cities served by Southwest neatly marked. Passengers can turn these into progress maps.
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*Wow! this is seriously like time-travel!!
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Regarding step 12, I carry chewing gum and use it at take-of and landing. It is effective, unless you are nasal congested, in which case you can use a descongestant previously (I don't know if there in USA they can be buyed without medical prescription).
But thinking well, your earplugs are simpler!
Thank you for the comment. Chewing gum would work. I am not much of a gum chewer. I want to spit it out as soon as the flavor is gone! We can buy decongestants without prescription. Commonly we say "over the counter" when we want to say without doctor's a prescription. They are used mostly for headcolds when someone had difficulty breathing. I am often amazed in recent weeks how good your English is becoming.
We were required to study German in school, but only enough for reading a little. There came a time when I wanted to understand spoken German and to speak a little. I began by listening to the world news in English at 7 AM and then in German at 8 AM by shortwave radio. It took a long time, but eventually I was able to understand quite a bit. German grammar is often quite different from English, too. I always told people studying a language that a lot of stupid little kids in those countries learned that language, and they (the students of a new language) probably can, too.
You can do the same thing on a large ferry or cruise. They also use this natural advantage: shorter route means less use of the engine and less time so it saves energy and most importantly money!
Nice to hear from you. The interval markings on the little napkin map actually relieve some of my "Are we there, yet?" anxieties because I have a fair idea of where we are. But, that does seem to be everyone's eternal question. Merry Christmas to you.
Very nice tips. I like your idea of approximating the location, I don't think commercial airliners fly in a straight line all the time, but at least your approximation can be used as a good reference