We arrived in Singapore as scheduled at 1:45am on Thursday, March 2. I had left Indianapolis at 7:50am on February 28 and there are 13 time zones between ET in the USA and Singapore. I arrived at 12:45pm ET in Singapore on March 1. So, how long did the trip take? From the time we left the gate (the aviation term is ‘blocked out’) to the time we blocked in at Changi in Singapore, it was 29 hrs and 55 minutes. Yikes. The aircraft arrived in Terminal 2, so it was a quick hop on the SkyTr.....

Sometimes, you are good. Sometimes, you are lucky. Sometimes, you are both.  On this day, it was the latter. I was going to get to Singapore, assuming no fails along the way. There were plenty of open seats on both segments of the flight (yes, same airplane but when travelling as an SA, you must get off and standby again for the next segment). The only question was if I could manage to get a full row in Economy or a seat in the middle in Business Class. First was not a possibility, so.....

While there are numerous upsides of being an airline employee traveller, there are just as many downsides. Aside from the meticulous, and candidly, ridiculous amount of planning that goes into our travel, the very uncomfortable teeth gnashing that takes place when you are on that list and the flight is full, there are times in which we have to take it up a notch and take additional measures so we don’t miss a connection that will not only ruin our day, but effectively ruin our trip. One of t.....

This one, in short, is "Air Travel Hacks". I have nearly 40 years experience in international air travel and over 1 million miles flown as a passenger (sadly, none as a real pilot...but about 10,000 hours of time on the desktop sim) over 25 years. The one thing that constantly amazes me about international air travel is the fact that knowledge is power. In the age of the "DIY" travel, in which people play travel agent and when things go wrong, they melt down because they don’t know what to do......