I was on a redeye from Seattle to Washington last night, connecting down to Tampa. Usually I don't get a lot of sleep, but I slept really, really well on the Seattle to Washington flight for some reason. Besides the delicious, warm, moist cookie and the threatening purser (he used to be Paris based, can't…
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Last fall I had a dream that I was crashing while sleeping aboard a flight returning to MIA from Rio. The dream was very vivid and ended with the plane plummeting toward the ocean at which point I could see emergency boats with their lights flashing (somehow they knew we would be crashing). Then I woke up in a cold sweat. Two notes: I am not a nervous flier and I do not ordinarily remember my dreams.
At least you wake up when the flight is over and not sleep for an additional 4 hours at the gate...;-)
I have recurring dreams about being in an aircraft cockpit (a DC9-30 to be specific) on approach into Killeen, TX airport, but we have to go around due to poor visibility. The captain calls for TOGA power. Then a bunch of guys from Animal House come into the cockpit draped in bedsheets chanting "Toga, Toga..." and we crash.
"neck pain... from my head constantly bobbing side to side"?
I believe the two ends of headrest (in domestic FC) can be bent forward to cradle the head. Have you ever tried that?
You think your dream was strange?
I read your post yesterday and had a dream last night in which I was traveling from point A to point C via point B by train -- yes, you read right, by train -- and bumped into you while transiting at B. You helped me get to the right gate. I found myself upgraded to business class and had six feet of legroom. I kid you not.
Weird!