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Many healthy world travelers fight jet lag with common sense. IBM employees take a day's rest after passing through eight time zones, and Canadian government officials are entitled to a night's stopover after nine hours of flying. Although he cannot hew to home time, Haig does manage to mitigate many of the debilitations of international travel by submitting to some supersonic pampering. He dons pajamas before climbing into a bunk on his specially equipped Boeing 707. He works in the leather easy chair of a private cabin, and afterward relaxes with friends on his staff. In one department, Haig fares worse than commercial travelers: meals on-board are reportedly very poor, but Haig, a food-is-merely-fuel type, does not seem to care. A team of State Department physicians stands by to accompany the Secretary and his party.
Such safeguards lessen the likelihood of jet lag's serious effects, even without the most formidable medical weapon: on-ground rest. Says the ex-general: "This job is easier than fighting a battle." How long the Secretary can go on with his pace without a greater toll, however, is a matter still very much airborne.