Is this man crazy?

[ejb]

Wing and a care as dad takes flight for a cure.

"MATTHIAS Fuchs will put a new spin on ''frequent flyer'' when he takes off for an almost continuous seven-day flight today to raise money for research into Australia's most common genetic disease."

Wing and a care as dad takes flight for a cure

All economy:shock:

40 flights in 7 days:!:

But imagine the SC's.

ejb

 

[tuapekastar]

I think he deserves complimentary AFF Gold membership!

I do wish him well with his fundraising, obviously for an excellent, and very close-to-home cause.

 

[Keith009]

All power to him.

 

[Nigelinoz]

If he is crazy then it's a special type of crazyness and I salute him.
I hope that the airlines he travels on treat him especially well.
I agree with tuapekastar and if he would like a gold membership I will buy it for him.
As QF009 says all power to him.

 

[Mal]

According to the press release here: http://www.harrymmiller.com/docs/20090724PRESSRELEASEFathersepicjourneyforhisdaughter.pdf

some (or all?) of the flights have been donated by Virgin Blue, which is great to see.

You can follow the progress on the his Twitter feed:
Matthias Fuchs (Fly4Kristen) on Twitter or donate here: Everyday Hero - Where Living is Giving

 

[ejb]

...some (or all?) of the flights have been donated by Virgin Blue, which is great to see.

Hi,

Looks like all his flights have been supplied by Virgin Blue. Great to see a company helping where it can, good on them.

It will be a great story and hopefully he will raise the money he is aiming for. I will be passing the hat at work tomorrow to add to the total.

ejb

 

[Travel Guru]

While I take my hat off to him and applaud him for his ingenuity and having a go at something different to raise the public awareness, one of his quotes made my ears prick up:


''People want to see amazing feats of human endurance before they give.''


I'm sorry, but how is sitting on an aeroplane for 100 hours and amazing feat of human endurance, I know its been a while since i've flown International cattle, but is it really that bad?

I consider trekking base camp Everest (or even better summiting) or Trekking the Kokoda track an amazing feat of human endurance, not spending 100 hours on a plane.

I guess as someone who has trekked Base Camp to raise money for charity it made me laugh when I read it.

Good luck to him though, I hope he raises a mint.

TG

 

[ejb]

While I take my hat off to him and applaud him for his ingenuity and having a go at something different to raise the public awareness, one of his quotes made my ears prick up:


''People want to see amazing feats of human endurance before they give.''


I'm sorry, but how is sitting on an aeroplane for 100 hours and amazing feat of human endurance, I know its been a while since i've flown International cattle, but is it really that bad?

I consider trekking base camp Everest (or even better summiting) or Trekking the Kokoda track an amazing feat of human endurance, not spending 100 hours on a plane.

I guess as someone who has trekked Base Camp to raise money for charity it made me laugh when I read it.

Good luck to him though, I hope he raises a mint.

TG

Hi TG,

I know what he is doing is not massive but 7 days without leaving airports will be bloody hard (more so without the FLounge) and I don't think I would hold up too well without a bed for 7 days.

I think he will be quite stuffed by the end of his trips.

I only hope for his benefit they have included some trancons in PE for him to grab some sleep on.

ejb

 

[anat0l]

Well, here's a smaller example that you may regard the individual here just as crazy.

But my hat goes off to this man for doing it for a good cause. Big kudos to Virgin for footing the flights.

He's flying 39,681 BIS miles in 7 days, which is 5,668 miles per day. That's just a bit under a return flight from PER to AKL each day.

I notice that he has "overnights" in SYD. I wonder what arrangements he has for those, i.e. will he sleep outside the terminal on a bench, a la dumped-JQ-pax-due-to-delays-and-hence-missed-curfew style? Unless they are doing it for the cause, I doubt Mac Group and so forth will keep SYD T2 open for him.

Not to mention that if you look closely, some of his connections clearly violate MCT rules; even more so if he's travelling with checked baggage! (I'm not putting my money that he is going with checked baggage, though). Let's hope he doesn't get delayed along the way either (otherwise imagine the rebooking/rerouting or aircraft that will be held up for him in the name of charity).

But I will agree with most here. This will be a tiring effort. I sincerely hope he can sleep on planes - because he will surely need it. High build-up of resistance will be required, and I'd recommend little or no alcohol.

 

[NM]

My longest "endurance" run was 44 hours in a single journey (without leaving airports). That was all in economy. By the time I finally arrived at RDU, I certainly was not ready to get back on a plane for a few days. To do that journey 2.5 times consecutively, while asking people for donations, is not my idea of a fun vacation. Its not going to be fun for him, but hopefully will achieve his goal.

 

[JohnK]

Not crazy at all. At least he is doing something that may end up helping someone....

 

[Bundy Bear]

Well, here's a smaller example that you may regard the individual here just as crazy.

But you were doing it for SCs; this person is doing it for charity,

Thanks for the twitter link Mal; will be interesting to follow his progress.

First few days would be a bit of fun I reckon by day 4 he will be feeling the strain; especially without much sleep.

 

[anat0l]

But you were doing it for SCs; this person is doing it for charity

Exactly, hence why I take my hat off for his effort. I was going to add to my comment above that instead of charity mine was for greed - might as well be blatantly honest........

 

[Bundy Bear]

Exactly, hence why I take my hat off for his effort. I was going to add to my comment above that instead of charity mine was for greed - might as well be blatantly honest........

Don't be so hard on yourself; how was I ever going to access the first class lounge twice in 6 months without your help. :shock::?:

Now following them on twitter; they don't know their airport codes very well. MELB for MEL: PTH for PER; do you think I could reply to them and tell them the correct ones, I am sure they will know the airports by the end of the week.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

While I take my hat off to him and applaud him for his ingenuity and
I'm sorry, but how is sitting on an aeroplane for 100 hours and amazing feat of human endurance, I know its been a while since i've flown International cattle, but is it really that bad?

I consider trekking base camp Everest (or even better summiting) or Trekking the Kokoda track an amazing feat of human endurance, not spending 100 hours on a plane.

I have summited a minor peak (only 17,000 ft) above Everest Base Camp.
and while at times hard Yakka..it was always a joy.

100 hours on a plane in Y I would find to be a chore and I am sure well before that last flight I would be struggling to get back on board for the next flight.

All power to him I say.

 

[Slats7]

Good luck to him.

 

[munitalP]

Kudos to him, but he is more likley to bring DVT to the forefront of everyones minds rather than what he hopes for methinks!

:shock:


Mr!

 

[joeymelb]

Crazy - Yes.
Love and Dedication - Definitely
$100,000 in Donation - My best wishes to him!

May a cure be found because of his love and dedication to his daughter.

 

[misstam]

My longest "endurance" run was 44 hours in a single journey (without leaving airports). That was all in economy. By the time I finally arrived at RDU, I certainly was not ready to get back on a plane for a few days. To do that journey 2.5 times consecutively, while asking people for donations, is not my idea of a fun vacation. Its not going to be fun for him, but hopefully will achieve his goal.

Having also done the RDU economy marathon, I feel your pain!

I hope Mr. crazyflyer can get some horizontal sleep action during the week & my respect goes out to anyone willing to forgo their own personal comfort for the sake of helping others.

 

[NM]

Having also done the RDU economy marathon, I feel your pain!

I hope Mr. crazyflyer can get some horizontal sleep action during the week & my respect goes out to anyone willing to forgo their own personal comfort for the sake of helping others.

did you get to RDU starting in BNE and going via SYD, SIN, FRA, LGW in a continuous journey :shock:. Was no fun at all, but the week after the Sydney Olympics there were NO seats available east-bound out of Australia for several days. So had to head north-west to get there when booked at short notice.