Ha! I've been on a flight slightly longer...United still does regular non-stop flights from Chicago O'Hare to Beijing. That flight was supposed to be 14 and a half hours, but we hit a headwind, and it took 16. Coming back from Hong Kong, the tailwind knocked it down from 15 to 13.5. Still nothing to sneeze at, though.
I don't mind the flight times as much as how warped the time changes can be. Leaving to Auckland, you lose a day crossing the dateline. Coming back into LA, you arrive in the United States before you supposedly even departed Australia (example: leave Sydney at 4:35 PM on the 7th, and arrive in LA at 8:23 AM on the 7th).
Qantas has those little TV things in their seats, and a little personal power outlook in economy, so it shouldn't be too bad. And there's 12 weeks between my arrival in Oceania and my departure, so I'm glad I don't have to do the return trip immediately afterwards.