Originally Posted by
harry the cod
Ever crossed the Atlantic? Have you ever been to Doha, let alone lived there? Have you any experience of flying a wide body aircraft from Dubai to a destination 11 time zones away, from 32 degrees sunshine to -12 in +SN? How many layovers have you done in your career so far? How many cities in almost all the continents have you visited and experienced from the comfort of 4-5 star hotels?
Sounds utterly horrendous.
Crossing the Atlantic - boring. When you're not bored you're trying to sleep. Oh, position reports, they're fun.
Flying a wide body - not really any different to flying a narrow body. It's bigger and fatter.
Crossing 11 time zones - just screws up your body clock but you do get 24 hours to sort that out.
32 degrees - too hot. -12 - too cold. I have gone from -16 in ++snow to +35 in ++sun. So what? Do I win?
Layovers - if you've got a good reason to avoid being at home then I suppose a free 24 hour holiday might be acceptable.
Cities - most are overcrowded, stinking, noisy, expensive, cesspits of humanity.
Hotels - meh.