Originally Posted by
Bond
All studies point to two key figures:
1) 16 hours time since awake - which means that by all measured studies after 16 hours of being awake most subject's performance was significantly degraded.
2) The average subject needs 5 hours of sleep minimum to function, anything under 5 hours becomes sleep deprivation and also degrades performance.
Dr. Tom Nesthus of the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute division of the Federal Aviation Administration testified on Wednesday (to the NTSB) that his research showed:
- less than 8 hours of sleep is “an acute sleep debt”.
- going “more than 17 hours without sleep produces a degradation in performance”.
(The quotes are his actual words, the rest is my paraphrasing. I'm a pilot, not a court reporter - I can't type quickly.)
Where do your 16 and 5 hour #'s come from? Not debating you, just looking to read more research on the issue.
