Effect of very long flights
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From: Frank F. Matthews on 8 Apr 2007 12:39 whitely525(a)yahoo.co.uk wrote: > On 1 Apr, 03:47, Mxsmanic <mxsma...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>(PeteCresswell) writes: >> >>>Senior or otherwise, blood clots from lack of motion seem tb a significant >>>consideration from what I've read so far. >> >>DVT can occur anywhere, whenever one stays in the same place for a long time. >>Air travel doesn't make one especially prone to DVT. Getting up and moving >>around periodically (even for just a minute or two) helps. DVT is rare in >>people who are in good health, irrespective of age. >> >> >>>And I'll be they're under-reported, since the bad stuff happens sometime *after* >>>the flight. >> >>I think in recent years the danger of DVT on aircraft has been greatly >>exaggerated. > > > Maybe. Although I find it hard to believe that the human body has > evolved > to enable us to be immobilised in such a confined spacer for such long > periods > of time. You practically need a crane to lift some people out of > their seats > after > 10 hours. Anyone who remains in their seat for 10 hours needs medical care. But not in the area which is seated. > > For me the worst thing is the dead time before take-off, knowing you > have >10 > hours ahead of you, yet stuck on the tarmac for > 1hour. God knows > what it > will be like on the A380. > > I believe hospital patients can suffer serious bed sores if they are > not moved > regularly, and they are lying flat. > Bed sores are a quite different problem. I have never heard any association to air travel.
From: William Black on 8 Apr 2007 13:48 "Frank F. Matthews" <frankfmatthews(a)houston.rr.com> wrote in message news:461928b1$0$9959$4c368faf(a)roadrunner.com... > 1hour. God knows >> what it >> will be like on the A380. It shouldn't take any longer. It's a double decker configuration boarded via a double air-bridge and so no more people via each door than on a stretched 747. -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea.
From: Mxsmanic on 8 Apr 2007 15:56 William Black writes: > It's a double decker configuration boarded via a double air-bridge and so no > more people via each door than on a stretched 747. Airlines can't even fill 747s these days. A trip on an A380 will more likely be lonely than anything else. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: William Black on 8 Apr 2007 16:57 "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:o6ii13dfghh5kcllt7id1o8epged40du38(a)4ax.com... > William Black writes: > >> It's a double decker configuration boarded via a double air-bridge and so >> no >> more people via each door than on a stretched 747. > > Airlines can't even fill 747s these days. A trip on an A380 will more > likely > be lonely than anything else. Depends on the price. Depends on where they fly to. Flights to the Far East and the Indian sub continent from Europe are usually pretty full. -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea.
From: JohnT on 8 Apr 2007 17:51
"Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:o6ii13dfghh5kcllt7id1o8epged40du38(a)4ax.com... > William Black writes: > >> It's a double decker configuration boarded via a double air-bridge and so >> no >> more people via each door than on a stretched 747. > > Airlines can't even fill 747s these days. A trip on an A380 will more > likely > be lonely than anything else. > You are, yet again, talking nonsense. BA are currently filling just about every seat on their long-haul 747-400s. JohnT |