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June 26, 2026 12 mins

Hacks for a long flight so YOU can be comfortable - from the travel pillow, to your clothing and seat choice.  

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Murphy Salm and Jody after the Show podcast.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
All right, let's get you comfortable on a plane on
a long flight. And I don't know what you consider
a long flight, but for people who can't sit still
well for long periods of time, an hour is a
long flight.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
Well yeah, look, international flights obviously, and we've never done that.
I've never been on a plane for that long. But
when you if you fly from coast to coast, you're
gonna be on that plane for about four hours. That's
a long flight. In my opinion, I.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Would assume that it's very difficult for you Sam to
be in close quarters with strangers for long periods of time.

Speaker 3 (00:33):
It depends on sometimes have a little little, bigger, more
leg rum. I'm okay at with and plus I like
to sit on the aisle, so I have a little
breathing rum. But for me, it's like two and a
half hours and you're I start getting antsy. It's not
the comfort of people around me. It's just I get
had yeah.

Speaker 1 (00:52):
Right, yeah, right, mean too, same deal. And well you're taller,
so I get the whole. I don't want to sit
in the middle seat for that very reason. You know.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
Yeah, Well, well what's funny about all of all three
of us. I think Murphy's the most comfortable and patient
flying for longer periods of time. I get antsy after
an hour, but that's because I get antsy sitting still
that long. I believe that you know you're meant to move,
and it's hard for me to sit still that long.
And I don't like to pee on a plane.

Speaker 3 (01:17):
And those chairs are those seats, there's only so many
ways you can sit in.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
It correct, get comfy, and then it's correct.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
You use that up in the first thirty minutes.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
And then so for this podcast, this discussion, it's it's
just like hacks to how to be comfortable on a
long flight. Okay, there are things that you learn along
the way if you fly a lot. And I always
thought those neck pillows were just it's like a gimmick.
Not true. Those neck pillows are fantastic. They help. Have

(01:46):
you ever had one? Oh?

Speaker 1 (01:48):
I had one.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
I think the dog ate it. I got to get
a new one, Murphy.

Speaker 3 (01:51):
I know they are top of the seats most some
of the seats they fold in too. Yeah, you can
do that.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
That's somebody else's head though, to me. That's I need
my own.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
But you know, the neck pillow allows you to kind
of you can fall asleep without the whole crik and
the neck thing exactly. The only problem I've had with
those is they're kind of a pain to carry with you,
but you.

Speaker 2 (02:10):
Can kind of.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
But they do work.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
You can hook it onto your carry on and just
hook it there. And the one that I had that
was the most perfect, world's most perfect one. The outside
case could you could take it off and wash it.
And then that's what I liked about it because I
knew this was my head, it was my cooties or
whatever on it.

Speaker 1 (02:29):
Well, we're about to get on a plane here pretty soon.
Do you are you going to get a new neck pillow?

Speaker 2 (02:33):
I need to get. I really do want one. It
helps you because if you have that nodding off thing,
I don't want to nod off into a stranger.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
Because I think this flight for us is going to
be about two hours and forty minutes something like that.
It's not as long as the last flight.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
That's that's hard for me. So I am going to
look for did you book us? I know Murphy always
books us. Me. I'm on the I'm in the window seat.
I love to be in a corner. Yes, Sam's on
an aisle, Yes, but you're on an aisle.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
Also, yeah, this this, this plane has multiple aisles. No,
I'm just kidding. Ah, it doesn't, although the bigger planes
do have it. But no, So this is on this
happens to be on Southwest. And now that you can
choose seats on Southwest, Yeah, and we booked this flight
so long ago that because I mean now that now
everybody can book it fills up pretty quickly. So I

(03:22):
wanted to make sure that Sam was on an aisle,
and I wanted to make sure I was. It makes
it funny when the three of us traveled together because Southwest,
you know, flies only seven thirty sevens. And the reason
I say that is not because I'm going to give
a dissertation on that plane, but it's it's the same configuration.
It's three seats the aisle and three seats on the
other side. Well, if the three of us are flying

(03:43):
together and Sam wants an aisle seat and I want
an aisle seat, and Jody wants to be on the windows,
those side of things, Jody and I are never going
to sit together.

Speaker 2 (03:53):
As a result always a stranger in between.

Speaker 1 (03:55):
Us, and people freak out because it's like, wait, they
Jody and I start talking to each other across the
person and in the middle.

Speaker 2 (04:00):
Well, that's the fun. They don't really freak out, but
usually they're like, do you guys want to sit together?
And we're like, nope, no.

Speaker 1 (04:06):
Not really, we're married. We don't want to sit together.

Speaker 2 (04:10):
So the neck pillow. Invest in one. I'm just telling
you as somebody who has flown with them, they are
worth it. If it's a long flight, If it's a
quick thing and you're not even going to sleep, you
don't need to carry it.

Speaker 3 (04:22):
Do they make inflatable ones, Yeah, they do use it
deflate it.

Speaker 2 (04:26):
Yeah, that doesn't seem like it would be as comfortable
to me, but you go ahead. I'm bad self, all.

Speaker 1 (04:31):
Right, it'll be a fun little thing on the plane.
Everybody else watches you blow up your next pillows.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
Right. Something I've never brought on a plane but I
would is a sleeping mask to cover your eyes. I
would definitely do that, and I have one. I have
a really soft one, so gorgeous. I love that thing.
Another trick to make your long flight more comfortable for
you is to get up and walk, move and stretch

(04:57):
at least every hour and a half or two hours,
they say, if it's a long one.

Speaker 1 (05:01):
The problem with that is you have to follow the
guidance of whatever is going on. If you're in turbulence
and they don't want you to, you know, stand up,
you know, because they don't want you to standing in
the aisles when you're I know, if you don't, if
you're not going to the restroom, they want you in
your cefe.

Speaker 2 (05:14):
Now if you need to go to the restroom, just
go well and use that.

Speaker 1 (05:16):
And that's actual, that is, that is my opportunity to do.
That is to get up in the stretch the legs. Yeah,
you know, it's because you just you walk and you
go and you can bend. There's not a lot of
room to move in the laboratory, but I always do stretch.

Speaker 2 (05:28):
A little bit. That's the first time I'd ever heard
this one too, And I've never worn these, but I would.
And that's compression socks. Compression socks are great for air
travel because it actually sitting for a really long time
is not good for your circulation. Even at work, you're
supposed to get up and move every hour for your body,
for your circulation, for your brain. So certainly on a plane,

(05:49):
when you're like in a you know, in that thing
and you're trying to be polite to people around you,
you're probably more tense than you normally would be. That's
not good for your body either. So they say wear
compression socks on planes. It takes the blood from lower
extremities and pushes it up to your heart and it
helps you when you step off the plane, you feel

(06:09):
more refreshed and you're not as likely to you know whatever,
have fluid fluid.

Speaker 1 (06:15):
But can I add to that please, because it's a
it's a blood clot thing, and unfortunately I don't it's
a the medical term is deep vein thrombosis, which I
never really understood it, which is blood clots and it
can be if you're prone to them. Being in a
pressurized cabin. I don't know what it is about. Airflight
can cause issues with that, and so you know it.

Speaker 2 (06:38):
Can be dangerous.

Speaker 1 (06:39):
I was one of those that you know, very ignorantly,
you know, used to you know, think compression socks or whatever,
and so I actually do wear compression socks when I
fly now for that reason being type one diabetic. It's
just another layer of protection. But what's crazy about it
is I'm more comfortable in the seat. And I don't

(07:00):
know if it's because all the fluids not being pressed
down to my legs or what it is, but I'm
more comfortable sitting wearing them, wearing them, and some of it,
I'm sure it's just peace of mind in my but
that's I mean, that's just that real thing. That's me
extra layer of safety and.

Speaker 2 (07:17):
Totally Several of the ICU nurses when my mom was
in the hospital, I learned quickly after being there several
nights that they wore compression socks just because they're on
their feet for twelve hours. Yeah, and they're doing it
for their own health and their own circulation.

Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah, that actually is very important. So I'm probably not
too attractive if you're wearing shorts.

Speaker 2 (07:38):
No, but you can buy a cute ones. It's not
your long legs. Yeah, you just need to wear a
dress sand SpongeBob compression sock.

Speaker 3 (07:45):
There we go.

Speaker 1 (07:46):
Yeah, that's a good eye. Do they make those somebody make.

Speaker 2 (07:49):
Those characters and they it's not just Walgreens and CVS
versions anymore.

Speaker 1 (07:55):
Yeah, and the black socks. Yeah, well, you buy them
on Amazon too. They do have different levels of them also,
they depending on what you know.

Speaker 2 (08:05):
If you've never worn a nug if you've never worn
them before, they say to start small the fifteen to
twenty version, meaning that's the amount of compression in the
second level of being twenty to thirty. I know that
because it's something that we've looked into for my mom
as she recovers.

Speaker 1 (08:18):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (08:18):
Yeah, and you have to put them on. Put them
on first thing in the morning when you're not as swollen.
They'll try to put them at night when you're swollen
because they it'll be harder to get on. You put
them on first thing when you've been elevated for a while.

Speaker 3 (08:30):
Is it like trying to get leather pants on?

Speaker 2 (08:32):
Kind of? But they're supposed to feel really good. You
feel it the most at the ankle if you're wearing
them properly.

Speaker 1 (08:37):
Yeah, And you know, I actually never dreamed that we
would be talking about this in a podcast today.

Speaker 2 (08:42):
Compression socks now another though, another thing that I do.
I do because we learned this the hard way years ago.
I do this whether it's a long flight or not.
Pack your carry on bag like you're never going to
see your luggage again, just in case, you know, it
goes in my carry on every time now deuterant, tooth paste, toothbrush,
and a change of undies, a change of just clothes,

(09:04):
one more outfit. We went to an event years ago
where our luggage was lost and we had to show
up at six o'clock. We flew there the evening they
lost our luggage. We were supposed to be somewhere at
six am in the morning broadcasting and we did, but
we were broadcasting in the same clothes. Yeah, buddy, and
someone there brought mediadorant, thank goodness, and I wiped off
with a baby wipe. Ah. It was not right, and

(09:28):
it was because they lost our luggage and we didn'
get our luggage back for two or three days.

Speaker 1 (09:32):
Yeah, you know if you are changing planes especially, and look,
the systems are so much better now that they barcode
everything and track bags and all that. But yeah, I'm
with you. And for me obviously, insulin, the extra two
beating set for me for my pump, all that goes
with me, Bundy charger, you know the things that you
know that yeah, excuse me, that you'll actually need. Yeah,

(09:54):
you know you should always do that with your medicines
and those kind of things, but I never really thought
about sticking the extra you know, clothing.

Speaker 3 (09:59):
Change one little at least underwear.

Speaker 1 (10:02):
Yeah, which is great until they have to actually completely
empty your bag.

Speaker 2 (10:06):
So what I don't care.

Speaker 1 (10:09):
I see you've got today under Okay.

Speaker 2 (10:13):
Okay, So that's a big one. I'm going to repeat it.
Pack your carry on bag as if you're not going
to see your luggage again, it's probably not going to happen.
And you can also put those tags and those tiles
in your own luggage so you'll know where it is, right.
And then the final one is a no duh, but
dress comfortably. I struggle with that because sometimes when we

(10:34):
arrived when we're when we arrived in Beverly Hills, when
we went to Beverly Hills several months ago, we hit
the hotel and we ran into so many people who
we were brought before we even went to the room.
We went to have drinks with our friend Heather. We
remember that and I'm thinking, I'm glad I didn't wear
yoga pants and a shirt that said you know, I'm
with stupid.

Speaker 3 (10:54):
I was, you know, I should have to figure out who.

Speaker 2 (10:58):
I was dressed in a nice blouse and a nice
comfortable pair of jeans, and I was so glad because
we went straight from the plane from the airport to
the uber to drinks with our dear friend. So think
about where what you're going to be doing upon arrival,
but make sure it's as comfortable. But if it's a
long flight, dress for comfort.

Speaker 1 (11:17):
Yeah, that's that is really important because you don't ever
know if the plane's going to be delayed by an
hour or something. That might be enough that pushes you
so close to the get together that you won't have
you know, the time, And rather than have that panic
moment on that, just you be prepared.

Speaker 2 (11:32):
Honorable mention. Download any entertainment you want ahead of time
to trying like bring plan your time. Are you gonna read?
Are you going to sleep? Are you gonna watch? You know,
you're gonna catch up on episodes of something? Download ahead
of time.

Speaker 1 (11:44):
Yeah. And even though the you know, most flights now
with Wi Fi have their own app and you can
watch their predetermined movies. You they don't let you download
video once you're on that Wi Fi. It's just so
it's too much. Yeah, So that's why you would need to,
you know, bring it in advance, but you know all
the other things that you would do, email if you
need to, and that's those sorts of things. Once you

(12:06):
you know, hooked up to the Wi Fi, you can
absolutely be connected.

Speaker 2 (12:08):
Yeah all right, Well, so for me, it's the neck
pillow and the carry.

Speaker 1 (12:13):
On compression socks and neck fellows and an extra set
of underwear.

Speaker 2 (12:16):
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