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09-07-2014 | 03:54 AM
#52
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Just finished up three years of shift work. A common problem was folks with families who found it difficult to "stay on schedule" during the weekends, and sometimes even during the week. I had this problem also.
In addition to a lot of the good information in this thread, I also had this trick that worked really well: I ate on schedule.
While eating right (avoiding the Carl's Jr 6-dollar-burger/sleeping pill), I ate my meals according to my work schedule, regardless of what I was doing on that particular day. That often meant that while spending time with my family on "my weekend", I would have nothing but water after 6am, then enjoy dinner with my family. My "lunch" was then around midnight, and I would eat again just before 6am.
In addition to a lot of the good information in this thread, I also had this trick that worked really well: I ate on schedule.
While eating right (avoiding the Carl's Jr 6-dollar-burger/sleeping pill), I ate my meals according to my work schedule, regardless of what I was doing on that particular day. That often meant that while spending time with my family on "my weekend", I would have nothing but water after 6am, then enjoy dinner with my family. My "lunch" was then around midnight, and I would eat again just before 6am.
09-07-2014 | 06:56 AM
#53
Gets Weekends Off
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The FAA determined that since we fly at night - i.e., when there's no weather to worry about - we really don't need any sleep. So they came up with an exemption for us, the so called cargo stay-awake carve-IN; it's all explained and summarized in part §666.
I've heard check-ride and FAA medical exemptions are next. We don't need 'em. Besides, we aren't real pilots, we're just cargo haulers.
No worries, we're just both trying to put useful info out there for others to put to good use.
09-08-2014 | 04:33 AM
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This has worked for me:
Big breakfast (eggs, potato etc) - Will increase how tired you feel
Sleep in dark room with phone off right after breakfast
Wake up after 6/7 hours
Go workout/run errands/Kids
Repeat.
I swear everyone that flew those on a regular basis after several years looked older than their actual age by 5-10 years for the most part.
Hope this helps.
Big breakfast (eggs, potato etc) - Will increase how tired you feel
Sleep in dark room with phone off right after breakfast
Wake up after 6/7 hours
Go workout/run errands/Kids
Repeat.
I swear everyone that flew those on a regular basis after several years looked older than their actual age by 5-10 years for the most part.
Hope this helps.
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