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Make Flying A Little Sweeter
Once upon a time, flying was elegant. A beautiful flight attendant would serve you fine cocktails and hot meals in a shinny aeroplane. Today air travel has morphed into an experience that is far from elegant. Now airlines feel that providing you a beer and a cup of instant soup in exchange for $17 cash is fair. Yeah, air travel isn’t what it used to be, or can be.
There are some tricks that can help you put some fun and elegance back into air travel. And make that cross-country trip to fish for those big beautiful brookies just a little bit sweeter.
The first is a little website called the http://www.seatguru.com. This place can help you pick an optimum seat whether you’re traveling economy or executive class. On this site they have a really exhaustive list of airlines and all of their aircraft with seatmaps available for viewing. Just select your airline (Air Canada), your aircraft (CRJ, E90, etc.), and then roll your cursor over the seats to see details like extra legroom, limited recline, or if power ports are located on your seats.
When traveling to or from Goose Bay (YYR), I like to fly the E90 for medium haul trips, and the CRJ for short hauls. The CRJ is the only jet that flies into Goose Bay. The E90 is one of the more modern aeroplanes in the Air Canada fleet. Each seat has a personal entertainment screen with on demand movies, TV programs, and music. They also have power ports at each seat to charge cell phones and ipods. Row 19 is especially roomy as it is a emergency exit row. On the CRJ there are no entertainment units, or power ports. Row 8 is a little roomier than the others, but just marginally.
When traveling long distances, a little more legroom or being able to recline your seat back just a little more can help battle fatigue and jet lag, and make the first couple of days of fishing a little more enjoyable.
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