▲ 932 ▼ Convenience is relative (media.piefed.world) submitted 6 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 92 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 21 points 6 months ago (2 children) An alternate version from the 1960s would show taking 3-5 days on a bus to take that 5 hour flight. Plus, some of y'all ain't never taken a 16 hour flight with a refuel stop at hour 12 and it shows. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip 8 points 6 months ago (1 child) When I was in the US Air Force, I returned to the US on a flight they call the Milk Run. There were layovers in Aviano, Madrid, and th Azores Islands (that I can remember, at least). This was over 30 years ago, but if the Milk Run still exists, I would not recommend it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 12 points 6 months ago "Milk run" is a generic term for routes with many stops, we have one here too :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) I think the furthest I've flown direct is 14 hrs and they didn't refuel. But normally I'm doing a layover/transfer somewhere so the 14 hrs is usually closer to 20 for total travel time permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago Yeeah, the 16er was to Joburg from the States. There's nowhere to refuel between Ghana and SA, so if was a standard stop both ways. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip 8 points 6 months ago (1 child) When I was in the US Air Force, I returned to the US on a flight they call the Milk Run. There were layovers in Aviano, Madrid, and th Azores Islands (that I can remember, at least). This was over 30 years ago, but if the Milk Run still exists, I would not recommend it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 12 points 6 months ago "Milk run" is a generic term for routes with many stops, we have one here too :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 12 points 6 months ago "Milk run" is a generic term for routes with many stops, we have one here too :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) I think the furthest I've flown direct is 14 hrs and they didn't refuel. But normally I'm doing a layover/transfer somewhere so the 14 hrs is usually closer to 20 for total travel time permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago Yeeah, the 16er was to Joburg from the States. There's nowhere to refuel between Ghana and SA, so if was a standard stop both ways. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago Yeeah, the 16er was to Joburg from the States. There's nowhere to refuel between Ghana and SA, so if was a standard stop both ways. permalink fedilink source parent
