I can fall asleep almost anywhere. I routinely fall asleep in the break room at work. Once, I was helping a friend fix his car, and I fell asleep on his garage floor when he went inside to get water.

But in a hot metal tube tearing through the sky, with my neck all kinked? Get out of here, man.

  • @[email protected]English
    4•2 years ago

    Like a baby. The older I’ve gotten I’ve gained the ability to fall asleep virtually anywhere. My wife is super jealous that I’m able to be asleep for an entire 5-7 hour flight.

  • @[email protected]
    4•2 years ago

    I like what comedian Ismo said, there are two types of people: people who can sleep anywhere and people who can’t sleep anywhere. I’m from the first. You seem to be in the middle. I can fall asleep standing up.

  • scytale
    1•2 years ago

    Watch a movie on the in-flight entertainment. I can never finish a movie on a plane. No matter what I do, I fall asleep. If I don’t watch anything, I can’t sleep.

  • @[email protected]English
    10•2 years ago

    The clouds are pretty. But speaking from experience, connecting flights/long flights will just let you drop in and out due to exhaustion. You will randomly wake up because of the weird positioning of your neck like 5 times. Heaphones help a lot to sleep. But I conclude, quality sleep can be found on airport floors(not joking).

    • @[email protected]
      6•2 years ago

      There’s definitely a lot to be said about the exhaustion from long flights. I used to travel often between east Asia and the States, so I had to get used to sleeping on planes out of necessity. I’d always try to get a long layover in either Seoul or Beijing because their airports allowed for sleep. Seoul had a layover area where there were reclining lounges that were really comfortable to sleep on, and Beijing has a hotel in the airport where you can get a single room with a bed. It also has a shower, which is awesome when you’re getting off of a 10+ hour flight.

  • doc
    3•2 years ago

    Ear plugs, hat over my face, and fatigue. Sure I’m sore afterwards, but if i can sleep through at least half the flight I’m happy.

  • @[email protected]
    10•2 years ago

    I used to not be able to sleep on airliners, but then I got a job that required I fly on one once a week. By far the best way to make time pass fast.

  • @[email protected]English
    15•2 years ago

    Like a baby. Just like a baby.

    I’ve actually slept through a complete landing, disembarkation of half the plane, then taking off. Woke up completely unaware we did our stopoff already.

    I may have been recovering from a hangover, but whatevs.

    • @[email protected]
      6•2 years ago

      Like a baby. Just like a baby.

      Waking up crying every 2 hours? I guarantee that whoever came up with that saying to mean sleeping well never had kids.

      I struggled to sleep on planes even before I had an energetic little kid to keep under control. I don’t like sleeping while sitting up so I only ever manage to sleep lightly for a couple of hours at most.

  • thelastknowngod
    5•2 years ago

    I honestly have never had a problem sleeping on planes. If I’m tired before I get to the airport, I can often sleep through takeoff. On short flights I’ve only woken up after the plane lands.

    For long haul flights I typically look to see what the local time of my destination will be when I arrive. If it’s at night, I stay awake for the whole flight so I can crash as soon as I get where I’m going. If morning, I’ll sleep the whole way so I can start the day fresh-ish. It really cuts down on jetlag.

    For context, I got a remote job in 2016 and went full digital nomad basically until covid hit. I was living out of a single suitcase and flying once a month on average. I genuinely love flying. Pretty over the whole fascination with travel though… In some ways it kinda ruins you. Now I’ll only go somewhere if there are things I know I can only buy in the destination or if I’m going to visit friends or family. I have zero interest left for any tourist destinations, historical sites, museums, etc…