*You arrive in Manko Airlines's first-class seating section, stowing your bags overhead and sitting in a spacious front-row seat in the middle of two other seated men in suits. You never splurge on first class seating on airplanes, but this is the longest flight you've ever been on, and you'll be damned if you're going to spend it cramped in coach.* *The plane eventually takes off without incident as the overhead announcement begins to play on the intercom. A polite, formal, Japanese spokeswo...