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Frank,
I crossed the date line 4 times in the recent years,
and I don't remember any announcement by the pilots
about the crossing. Both were US carriers but I don't
remember which.
Alex.



On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Frank Reed wrote:

> About ten years ago, the Republic of Kiribati, a collection of islands near
> the equator in the Pacific, redefined its time zone status so that all of its
> islands would be on the same date. Since this archipelago straddles the
> traditional international date line, this change puts a big eastward "kink" in
> the date line. Where should one draw the lines? Does it make any difference?
> Should the date line be the simplest, shortest line that separates islands and
> land masses with differing date standards? If I'm a cartographer, can I draw
> the  line anywhere I want (with due respect for tradition so I don't annoy
> potential  customers)? Is there any practical circumstance where the arbitrariness
> of the  date line might eventually cause problems??
>
> Has anyone flown across the Pacific recently on a commercial flight? Pilots
> enjoy announcing milestones. Do they explain the date change en route (e.g.
> "we've just crossed the International Date Line so you've just lost a day... ha
>  ha")? Or do they announce it when they land?
>
> -FER
> 42.0N  87.7W, or 41.4N  72.1W.
> www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
>

   

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