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Cant See Excitement Of Long Haul

As I have just mentioned on the A & A forum, I can't see the excitement of going on a Long Haul flight.

To sit 8 hours or more on a flight surrounded by 'potential' idiotic pax is not my idea of a holiday.

As much as I have always loved travelling & flying, I have always preffered to land after 4 + hours in the Canary Islands.

Obviously this is just my preference, But it is basic common sense that Long Haul destinations only offer just as much as short haul destinations offer, Ie sun sea scenery etc.

You can be in ALC PMI or AGP in less than 3 hours and on the beach in 4 hours.

So my question is do you have to travel all those hours & miles just for a holiday??

Is it the title 'Long Haul' or are people 'kidding' themselves into thinking they are getting more than what they would get in a European Resort.

At the end of the day - A beach is a beach, A bar is a bar, And last of all a bed is a bed no matter where you are.

I'm happy travelling to Europe.

I just don't see the appeal of Long Haul :zzz:

I fly long haul, and you're right. It isn't exciting. Of course, I've never been to a beach during my travels, and it's often airport to the hotel to the airport, again. Typical legs are minimum 6 hours, but often eight or more. The appeal? Someone pays me to do it. No, it's not exciting. Nor do I want it to be. However, having done a fairly wide variety of different types of flying, I can't complain. I get two weeks off when I get done with a trip (which lasts seventeen days straight), which is two weeks without having to report to anyone. I have the chance to get up and stretch during a flight, which isn't something I used to be able to do in a cramped, hot cockpit with 18 landings a day. Now it's one takeoff, one landing, and there are a lot of advantages and plus's to job. Excitement isn't one of them, but that's not a bad thing.

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If you don't like it, then that's 1 less person vying for my job!

I don't like short haul! I don't want to have to worry about spilling Martinis for 4 or 5 sets of SLF every day. I don't want to go to the same hotel every night -- especially if it's just another Motel 6 or Holiday Inn.

I can get to the beach on Guam or Oahu or Bondi (Sydney) -- just not quite as often as you might in the Canaries.

I can also get to the markets in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Seoul, and Dubai -- just not as often as you can get to the beach in the Canaries.

I can also visit relatives in Los Angeles and Taipei -- just not as often as you can get to the beach in the Canaries.

I can also see the sights of Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Istanbul, Delhi, Entebbe, and Miami -- just not as often as you can get to the beach in the Canaries.

Yep -- life's [not just] a beach! :)

How sad that your idea of a holiday stretches to nothing more imaginative than sitting on a beach, getting wasted in the sun. You are correct however, that you don't need to go any further than Europe from the UK to participate in that particular activity, but to get away from the chavs, sometimes you have to go that little bit further.