I was mastering the art of Zen-napping on the way to Sao Paulo the other day. I plan on exceeding the bar that I set.
Once upon a time, on IOE on the B777, my check airman told me to go to sleep in the bunk after we reached top of climb. Said, I did all this ETOPS stuff back when I was an FO on the B756, so no need to repeat that. Instead, see if you can figure out a way to take a nap. That's the most important part of IOE he said. Learn to sleep on the plane.
They woke me up about 20 West on the way to Gatwick. Who knew there was a phone in there.....Slept right threw the wake up call. Some stew's had to come open the door and shake me to get me awake.
I got high marks on IOE for sleeping during the designated nap time. Sorta like kindergarten for Aviators. It's nap time now....Nitey Nite.