There is one thing that can ruin vacation, make business meetings less than successful, and cause more problem than anything else for air travelers. Jet lag! Jet lag affects nearly everyone who takes a long flight.Jet lag result form traveling a long distance to a new time zone. The travel time is too fast for the human body to adjust easily. Long-distance air travel to a new time zone disrupts three important senses: the sense of place, the sense of time, and, as a result of both, the sense of well-being.