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You can also essentially work remotely in an airplane now. I haven’t tried videoconferencing, but I easily do all my other software work on trips. So a couple extra hours might even be a benefit: more time with no distractions to wrap up that slide deck, maybe a 1:1 or two, get your free drinks from premium/business class, doze off to a movie, wake up for an early start at your destination.

by XorNot20 hours ago|

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12 hours on a plane is 12 hours on a plane. And there's currently no amount of ticket money that can make that shorter.

by fragmede20 hours ago|

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Shorter, no, but having a private cabin with a shower, and a lounge with a bartender on the plane, not to mention Starlink, would make those 12 hours a lot more bearable vs 12 in an economy seat.

by throwaway20375 hours ago|

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    > having a private cabin with a shower

AFAIK: Showers are only available to first class customers flying via the major Gulf carriers. I checked Google flights for business class and first class tickets between Tokyo and London. Business is about 5,000 USD and first class is about 10,000 USD. Assuming that we are talking about first class here (to satisfy your shower requirement), what kind of developer is hacking code at 10,000 meters in first class... except... hmm... Mitchell Hashimoto?

by mckn1ght3 hours ago|

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Wasn’t Concorde like 20-50% more expensive than a normal first class ticket for the same itinerary?

So any hacker considering a SST flight should also be able to afford the first class cabin.

by bobthepanda3 hours ago|

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If it ever actually gets off the ground, Boom Supersonic is allegedly targeting a $5000 business class trip for transatlantic.

by stymaar9 hours ago|

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Sure, but it would also make it much more expensive than a supersonic flight…