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The "no extras" experience sort of translates.

For those of us who grew up with 70s air travel are unfuckingimpressed. Our screens dropped down and the whole cabin shared the one.Back of the seat? Luxury ... Sheeer luxury.

The smell of cigarettes more than made up for it.

Well. Duh. That and the much bigger seats. With itchy polyester covers.

Thinking about it brings back memories of the smoking carriages on the tube. Didn't make that mistake twice.

On planes smoking improved the in cabin air quality

I vaguely recall watching a film on the way to America, with it beaming through the smoke - it can't have been that bad can it?! I can't remember.

I do remember that there was no choice of film, so you'd run the risk of them showing something wildly age inapproriate - kids at school used to boast of having seen Predator or The Running Man or something on the way to Disneyworld.

We watched Predator in an end of year RE class.

Films, podcasts and music make the flight bearable in my opinion. If they weren’t available I’d seriously consider not going on holiday.

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My personal choice is a couple of Bloody Mary's in the airport lounge and then snooze for a few hours on the plane. I'm usually 'almost there' by the time I come round.

EDIT: Oh and I just sit in my seat the whole flight. I can't bear going to the on board toilet or these people who seem to wander around the aircraft chatting idly to others or are constantly up and down getting stuff out of the overhead lockers (then putting it back in five minutes later).

Those people get on my tits. Just sit down until we're there, what are you a fidgety child or something?

And up out of their seats opening the lockers within two seconds of the seat belt lights being switched off.

I love saying to people 'oh, they let everyone off these days'. Cunts.

And up out of their seats opening the lockers within two seconds of the seat belt lights being switched off.

I'm so old that I can't fly long haul unless I'm sitting in a bulkhead seat. I'm not even allowed to keep a water bottle about my person during take off and landing. So I'm that guy. 😘

I managed to forget about my water bottle in my backpack last time I flew long haul. I remembered as we took off, opened the bin once I was allowed and a full bottle had exploded into the bin and poured onto my seat. Nice way to start a 11 hour flight.

I see your bottle of water, and I raise you a bottle of baby formula, all over me and the baby too.

I can't bear going to the on board toilet

Depends on how long the flight is, no? 3 hour flight I'm with you. 15 hours I am making the most of the semi regular walks to the facilities, even if it gets on someone's tits

So true. Is a 3hr flight even a real flight, bro?

I have a couple of very, very long flights coming up in a few months, I'm already dreading the experience.

Sat next to a guy on a flight to NYC once who just acted like David Puddy from Seinfeld the entire time. Stared straight ahead, didn't read, didn't watch anything, didn't get up to use the toilet, refused to accept his prepaid meal for some reason. I should have checked to see if he had an 8-Ball jacket.

Just did Europe and back from Adelaide via Doha a few weeks back. 8hrs, 3hrs airport, another 13hrs or vice versa ... brutal

Went to Jersey City in May. Economy. Window seat. I'm getting settled in and I see the biggest mofo you've ever seen coming down the aisle, I'm thinking please God no.....

Yup. A fucking massive Rugby player in the middle seat next to me. I spent the entire 7 hours face planted into the window. His shoulders were something else....

I've got Chicago coming up in November, as its over 8 hours I think I can book Business seats, thank fuck 😑

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFx1Cpxpx1E

Did you book the bulkhead seats at least? I can't fly in a normal economy seat, it totally fucks me.

@EB The year before last I was sat on the aisle in the middle four of a row. Everyone had boarded, I had a row to myself. I thought I was gonna be able to stretch out and sleep across all four seats.

Last passengers get on very late. A bloke around my age, a three year old and a baby. I had the baby in the basinette in front of the seat next to me with the dad sitting there, then an empty seat between dad and the three year old at the other end of the four.

It wasn't so bad in the end, the baby was pretty good but what a comedown. I felt sorry for the bloke TBH, poor cunt. Taking the kids to see the grandparents.

Did you book the bulkhead seats at least?

Not quite, I was too late for that. We were three of us, two shorties and myself ... On the Qatar jets the third middle row in each section of economy has a seat with more leg room, because the rows widen from 3 to 4 seats.

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I struggle on long flights, I'm 6'5" and have spent many a flight, particularly short haul budget airlines, with my knees jammed into the seat in front and one for hovering off the floor.

I often ask at check in for an extra leg room seat (usually more successful on long-haul, national carriers) because of my height and have gotten them for no extra cost.

S’funny. I thought ‘raw-dogging’ had a very different meaning

Is 'raw-dogging' long flights heroic or foolish?

It's easy if you're a mannequin