aircraft, which is one of my favourite aircraft to fly. I have been known to re-organise travel plans to travel on this aircraft rather than others, such as Boeing's own wide-body 767.So we can all expect to be flying longer and longer sectors as the endurance of these aircraft keeps lengthening, while ticket pricing decreases. This also means airlines and aircraft manufacturers will be working on ways to make the journey more pleasant and indeed safer in terms of passenger and crew welfare on board.One of the first people to write about such issues was former cabin crew member, Diana Fairechild