Originally Posted by
PineappleXpres
you can’t use pilots as an exclusive data point. The general population is what we use for all aeromedical science. What is this?
Pilots are the ones who routinely have to get "measured" via 2 FAA physicals per year. You have many older Americans who don't go to the doctor or get screened ever until they get sick. For example, you want to measure colon cancer rates among people who regularly get colonoscopy vs. those who never get screened, and you'll get substantially different results.
Originally Posted by
rickair7777
We should do that now, even a 20 minute nap has clear restorative effects. But not as a substitute for an IRO, and not out of the cockpit.
I think the FAA is afraid of public and media hysteria if they go there. I can visualize the SNL skit...
This. At my old gig, the "controlled rest" were regulated and spelled out in the manual. If I remember correctly, it was no more than 45 minutes of actual nap, followed by 15 minutes for you to fully wake up, and not within an hour of landing. Using controlled rest procedures to augment or add additional duty time was expressly prohibited by regulation.
Originally Posted by
Meme In Command
Doesn't the nap thing allow them to fly with less pilots? Like 3 man crew with a nap as opposed to 4 man crew? Legit asking, honestly don't know.
At my old operation, our duty limits were strictly based on being acclimated vs. non-acclimated and whether or not we were augmented. Using controlled rest to avoid being augmented was expressly prohibited in the FOM.