Long haul flights

[SteveC]

My longest single leg flight was New York to Jeddah non-stop on:

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[Chris_Ford]

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(hijack)

It's de amazon! *rimshot*

Sorry, I've always wanted to say that after I read your sig. And tonight, I was finally bored enough to do it

/hijack

 

[adreamer]

DE, seafood is the best bet. However, if you want try some local style of food, I suggest ask local UPS workers. They may be able to show you some places to go.

 

[seagull]

I like the Mongolian bbq's in Taipei. Also, I like to take newbies on walking tours of the city, there is a lot to see if you know your way around.

 

[tonyw]

Not brave enough to try it without someone showing me how.

LOL, I'm afraid sometimes to eat what my parents order in Taiwanese.

 

[seagull]

It's all good. I have never encountered anything too odd in TPE, even "snake alley".

 

[typhoonpilot]

Longest flights as a passenger:

ORD-HKG in economy, just over 15 hours
SYD-DXB in First Class on the A340-500 ( inaugural flight ) 14 and change
DXB-JFK in First Class on the A340-500 14 and change.

Longest day door to door:
Lots of those:

MIA-DTW-NRT-TPE something just over 24 hours
DXB-HKG-TPE-HUN 24 hours if I'm lucky ( HUN=Hualien )
DXB-JFK-SLC about 24 hours with a 4 hour sit at JFK


In First Class or Business Class the trips are tolerable. In economy they are not, just miserable.

I also used to do LAX-ZRH-JED with a night stop in ZRH to break the trip up.

Longest flown as pilot are:

DXB-PER ( Perth ) about 11:30 ( 3 pilots )
SYD-BKK just over 9 hours
BKK-SYD just under 9 hours
MNL-DXB around 8:30

I much prefer the 7 hour legs to Europe and back. 14 hour 2 days. Those are the best, although Perth is a 23 hour 3 day, which makes for an easy month if you get a couple of them.

Lived in Taipei for 3 years and have eaten most of the street food. Never had a stomach problem there. I still won't try chicken feet or stinky tofu though.


Typhoonpilot

 

[scoobs]

What are Intl trips like on the 75/76 at UPS? Is it week on week off or 8 days on? And is most of it one leg?

 

[adreamer]

Typhoonpilot, I probably would not touch the "chicken feet". For real "Stinky tofu", you need not to breathe whle eat it. I have only tried it once. It does smell bad, but taste really good. Other stinky tofus are pretty much like fried tofu.

adreamer