BrownDoubles

Trading a little sleep discomfort for the daily TSA gauntlet, passenger terminals, gate agents, and flight attendants is a decision that I am grateful to have had the opportunity to make. Not for everyone but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Whalehunter

But but but they have day time flying and PBS!!!

C2078

A little sleep discomfort, now that’s funny.

Recliner

Agreed.

I wish it was true.

FTv3

Pick your poison.

tnkrdrvr

C’mon man! We have some day time flying and line bidding with lots of opportunities to conflict.

BrownDoubles

I guess that would depend on your seniority and ability to adjusting your sleep schedule. Like I said... not for everyone.

Recliner

At what level of seniority does sleep disruption become a thing of the past?

At what level of seniority does sleep disruption become a thing of the past if you are a pro at adjusting your sleep schedule?

BoilerUP

IMO never, regardless of being domestic or international.

Domestic day flying can get close, but those can be long duty days with late duty-offs.

See above. You can't eliminate sleep disruption, just mitigate the frequency and severity. Lots o' niches within our network for people to find what works best for *them*. For me, the smallest amount of sleep disruption was (gasp) morning turns, which probably puts me in the small minority of our pilot group.

Even when I drove a passenger RJ, sleep disruption was a thing...you either report really early, or you have the possibility of dutying off really late.

I was NEVER a night person when hired, but I had to adapt and figured out a way to do it. For people who cannot, this job (and others like it) will be hard. Night sort stuff had me caring about only three things: 1. sleep, 2. exercise, and 3. eating. I got where I was only eating 2 meals a day, but wasn't ever hungry...actually lost weight day sleeping on the road.

North48