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 Airlines...what's their problem anyway?
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 Why have i NEVER seen a female commercial-airline pilot?
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 A question that will change my whole life*so answer?
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 What is the best way to fall alseep on a long flight.?
What is the best way to fall alseep and stay asleep on a 12 hour flight?
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I don't like the turbulence, so I just want to wake up on the other side of the world. A...


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Charlene

Why does it take 10 hours to fly from London to Denver and only 81/2 to fly the other way?


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Alison G 81/2 = 8 hour 30 mins!

    



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gair_2
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Probably the Jetstream, a ribbon of fast flowing air that runs from West to East, airlines try to 'ride' this on the way back to the UK to save fuel - it's like a 180-200 mile an hour tailwind.


fafandloo
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Directions of the wind.


red lady-bird
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Tail wind.


BillyB8
You had a shove from the Jet stream.


Stephanie G
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Tail winds.


randyortonsgurl!
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irs the way the wind moves it goes it goes from east to west east to west is the fastest


Edders
Wind and dont forget earth is moving while you are in the air so on the way back you will make up time


Irrational Man
they take a shortcut the way back


dpmullery
its downhill on the way back


Alison G
What is 81/2 besides 40 and a half, is that another way of saying 10 hrs 81 seconds wouldn't make a lot of sense even Concorde couldn't have done it.





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