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Article: Night flights don't cure jet lag
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 6, 1997
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CopyrightCopyright 1997 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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SAS is touting its new 11:50 p.m. non-stop from Newark to
Copenhagen as the "Scandinavian cure against jet lag." Although
1997 is barely half over, that has to be a strong contender for the
year's dumbest promotion.
A late-evening departure (with a mid-afternoon arrival the next
day) may appeal to quite a few travelers, but a cure for jet lag
it's not. By my lights, it makes jet lag worse. If SAS really
wanted to help travelers avoid jet lag, it would operate an
early-morning departure that arrives late the same night.
Jet lag really doesn't have anything to do with the process of
flying in a jet or otherwise. Instead, as I understand it, jet lag
is a less-than-ideal name for the ...