Originally Posted by
duffrick
Even though I realize you guys in the Air Force are studs, the question I would want to have answered if I were a passenger on one of your 16 hour flights is this; How sharp are you really after one of those long flights? Also, nobody in the Air Force is asking you to do that kind of flying for 30 years!
After some of my flights home, I would drive with the windows down. In the winter in Omaha, NE. And even then, I was lucky to make it home. But when you've been on the road for 6 weeks, you'll take additional risks to get home to your bed. Especially if the last 6 weeks were spent living in a tent with 7 of your closest buddies.