More people than ever before travel by airplane nowadays, and
more airlines are starting to offer longer non-stop flights.
With the addition of modern aircraft, airlines have started
scheduled ultra long-haul services of up to eighteen hours. Some
examples of such flights are Singapore-Newark, Bangkok-New York
and Dubai-New York.
Such long travel times mean sitting in the same position for a
very long time, which can be bad for the blood circulation. This
makes the need for exercise tips even
more crucial to the travelling public. While business and first
class passengers have plenty of personal space around their
chair, and even can turn their seats into comfortable beds in
many cases, coach class passengers especially, run the risk of
getting DVT or deep vein thrombosis.
Many airlines recognise this modern problem and warn their
passengers of the risks of remaining in the same position for
many hours. In their in-flight magazines they mention the risks
and give tips and advice on how to fight the chance of getting
thrombosis. Generally, it is advised to do some simple exercises
once an hour or so to keep the blood circulation moving.
Exercise tips are moving the toes up and down, stretching the
legs as far out as possible, and pointing the toes, and rocking
left and right in the chair, clenching and unclenching the
muscles. Stretching the arms and wiggling fingers, while
rotating the wrist, will keep blood flowing in the arms. Ideally
passengers should also get out of their seats and walk around,
but flight attendants doing their in-flight service and blocking
the aisles might make this somewhat difficult.
The airlines' efforts to minimise the risk for passengers come
directly because of concerns for lawsuits. At various times
passengers have made claims against airlines regarding the
development of blood circulation problems in the body,
supposedly because of frequent flying on longer sectors. The
airline business, just like any other, is about making money.
The main revenue is made by passengers travelling in first and
business class who, in return for the high fares, get
comfortable seats with all kinds of amenities and a full
service. Economy class passengers, who often pay a fraction of
business class fares, travel in much smaller seats and with less
legroom in the part of the cabin which they themselves often
refer to as "cattle class." While the seat pitches, the distance
between seats, differ from airline to airline, they are
somewhere in the 29 to 32 inches range. Passengers complain
about the limited legroom, while airlines don't want to increase
seat pitches for the simple fact that they would have to
decrease the number of seats in the cabin, and by that earn less
money.
Most major carriers now do compensate economy class passengers
in another way, for example by offering personal TV-screens for
their entertainment during long flights. And some have
introduced a fourth seating class, between economy and business,
offering more room, but not the service of business class.
Perhaps the invaluable advice of drinking plenty of fluids while
flying, (not alcohol), is the best exercise tip of all. Since
walking to the lavatory and back several times is probably the
best exercise a passenger can get at thirty five thousand feet.
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