Comments on: Giving the Mile High Club a new meaning

By: Matt B

Matt B — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:29:14 +0000

@Jody, that’s a good point! I hadn’t even thought of that.

By: Matt B

Matt B — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:07:47 +0000

I have mixed feelings. While I can see how it would benefit some people for business reasons, preparing a presentation and doing research, I am sometimes grateful for those few hours when I am “disconnected.” I spend so much of my day with either my phone or my laptop; an airplane trip provides an often much-needed break.

I do think that international trips would benefit best. Those trips require several hours and sometimes a good book and a nice nap don’t last long enough. I can’t speak from experience, but I assume that there is also a bit more space than on domestic flights. Concerning the latter, I often cannot find room for my LEGS, let alone a laptop.

By: john

john — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:41:07 +0000

Hey, don’t overlook Row 44, chosen by Alaska and Southwest. I don’t think we’re more expensive to the customer, but we ARE striving to build the ‘industrial strength’ solution, both here in the US this fall, and starting early next year, Transatlantic and European networks. The sky is no longer the limit!

By: Jody Reale--The Hawaii Traveler

Jody Reale--The Hawaii Traveler — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:07:18 +0000

Yes, one of the criteria for joining such a club is how long you can stand to go without it. (Internet access, that is.) But then again, eight hours of access isn’t going to do me much good if I only have a laptop battery that lasts me two hours or so.