My personal jet-lag solution when flying to Europe

As I write this, I am sitting in the German Alps after my second night in Europe. I remember scores of transatlantic trips where I would awaken at 2 or 3 a.m. and lie awake until 4 or 5 a.m. or face spells of amazing tiredness in the middle of the afternoon as my body...

Sleeping pills for a flight? Don’t take them too early

While Australia might be the trip of a lifetime, the fourteen-plus hour flight from the west coast of the U.S. to Sydney might be one of the most dreaded in aviation. Even in business class, and especially in economy. One of my co-worker’s clients actually had...