Sep
i'm going on a plane from california to france. how long will it be?
and, for those of you who have been on long plane rides before, do people usually get airsick? do you get airsick? i'm terrified of seeing people vomit. :/
thanks…
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I'm actually originally from California and live in France. I used to be a Flight Attendant and worked this route a lot so I can't count how many times I've done it.
The flight from San Franciso is 10 1/2 hours going, 11 1/2 coming back. Add a half hour to each way if coming from L.A. These can vary according to the winds and flight schedules are often “padded” or based on the very longest possible flight plan (to make sure they're scheduled to make connections even in heavy winds). So if you see something else, it's not the case…
As far as air sickness goes, I rarely saw it with adults, unless they were really drunk. I sufffered morning sickness during my pregnancies but the newly anticipating mothers I saw were able to head to a lav before anything happened. Children do get air sick though but even then, I only saw it occasionally and usually on landing. In other words, the most likely time someone would get sick is when you're soon off the plane anyway!
I’ve a tendency to get air sick myself but I'm fine as long as I'm seated calmly in turbulence and not digging in my bag or turning around during take-off and landing. Obviously as a passenger, this was not a problem but once in a while while working, I'd would be leaning over when we hit bumpy air. I didn't lose my lunch ever as a passenger and only twice working when I was suffering an actual illness during a flight. That was in 13 years of flying and I was well out of passengers' view when it happened.
My three kids take after me and while they do this trip about twice a year, they have never thrown up on the flight itself. They've even been sick in the automobile or bus on the way to the airport and been fine on the flight. My middle child only has to look at a car to start turning green but has no problems in the air.
Most adults manage to get to a lav or grab a bag when they get queasy but once in a while, they would honor us by doing it in the galley. One coworker's uniform was unfortunely decorated once and on the way to the lav to clean himself up, later quipped that it was the only time in his career that he actually walked the length of a full cabin and no one asked him for a drink.
While not entirely rare, it didn't happen often and we were pretty good at spotting passengers who had had too much to drink and cleaning up whatever afterwards or leaving it to the ground staff since we were almost on the ground anyway.
French passengers do drink a lot but they rarely get out of control so don't let that worry you if you see them with a bottle of wine in front of them for long periods of time. I was amazed at their consuption but it was sipped and not guzzled.
If you're worried about gross stuff, just watch your step once you get to France and when you walk on the sidewalk. Don't let a present one of those Parisian poodles leaves behind decorate your shoes. French dog owners are getting superior at figuring out where the gutter is though. That's way more apt to happen than anything on your flight.
Good luck and have a good time in Paris.
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Nonstop, the flight will be about 12-13 hours. It is very rare for people to get air sickness on flights. I’ve been on several long flights before and I have never had any issues. The only thing I would suggest to you to ensure this is to bring your own food on board to eat if that is possibly to do, or buy something in the airport to eat on board, it's worth the money. Have a good flight and enjoy France!!!
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If you were to get a direct flight from LAX to Paris it would be approx. 10 Hrs 22 Min. You can get flight times for airports all over the world at https://www.jets.com/ Book Mark it-> del.icio.us | Reddit | Slashdot | Digg | Facebook | Technorati | Google | StumbleUpon | Window Live | Tailrank | Furl | Netscape | Yahoo | BlinkList