The No-Crash Landing
How five intrepid travelers escape jet lag
1,227 The number of CEOs who left their posts in 2009, the lowest turnover in five years. |
Owner, AMS Design, Florence, Italy
90,000 miles per year
Billy Campbell
Media consultant, Los Angeles
The best strategy is to force yourself to stay up in the new location until it’s truly bedtime. But if you’re traveling really long distances, no matter what you do, you’re going to feel it. My advice is a little Ambien at night and then an emotional embrace of wherever you are. It’s like a great date: When you’re having fun, you have no idea what time it is.
100,000 miles per year
Amy Elias
President, Profiles Inc., Baltimore
Book flights late in the day, don’t drink wine or liquor the night before or when flying, and do not eat any airplane food. I bring plain sliced turkey, mustard and hard, crunchy apples to eat before takeoff and in the air, and I drink as much water as I can. I try to fall asleep as soon as possible, but I never take drugs. After landing, I eat another apple. The trick is not to eat too much–an empty stomach helps fight jet lag.
300,000 miles per year
Pat Younge
Senior manager, BBC, London
A good seat is key–and for any overnight flight you want an aisle seat. A window seat leaves you undisturbed, but my experience is you get trapped by the person sleeping in the aisle seat. Overnight flights from the East Coast to London or Paris should be avoided in favor of a day flight–the trip is too short to sleep and with daylight breaking upon landing, all the sensory clues are telling your body it’s time to start up, not shut down.
1,227 The number of CEOs who left their posts in 2009, the lowest turnover in five years. |
Owner, AMS Design, Florence, Italy
90,000 miles per year
Billy Campbell
Media consultant, Los Angeles
The best strategy is to force yourself to stay up in the new location until it’s truly bedtime. But if you’re traveling really long distances, no matter what you do, you’re going to feel it. My advice is a little Ambien at night and then an emotional embrace of wherever you are. It’s like a great date: When you’re having fun, you have no idea what time it is.
100,000 miles per year
Amy Elias
President, Profiles Inc., Baltimore
Book flights late in the day, don’t drink wine or liquor the night before or when flying, and do not eat any airplane food. I bring plain sliced turkey, mustard and hard, crunchy apples to eat before takeoff and in the air, and I drink as much water as I can. I try to fall asleep as soon as possible, but I never take drugs. After landing, I eat another apple. The trick is not to eat too much–an empty stomach helps fight jet lag.
300,000 miles per year
Pat Younge
Senior manager, BBC, London
A good seat is key–and for any overnight flight you want an aisle seat. A window seat leaves you undisturbed, but my experience is you get trapped by the person sleeping in the aisle seat. Overnight flights from the East Coast to London or Paris should be avoided in favor of a day flight–the trip is too short to sleep and with daylight breaking upon landing, all the sensory clues are telling your body it’s time to start up, not shut down.
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