Does backside of the clock really kill you?
11-03-2022 | 05:27 PM
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From: No Hats No Jackets No PAX
Although it is a very enjoyable lifestyle for myself the above ^^^^^ is the bottom line no matter how you approach it.
*Best advice from many on here - just do your best to mitigate the effects and carry on. You don’t know what you don’t know, but you do know you the best and the impacts.
*Best advice from many on here - just do your best to mitigate the effects and carry on. You don’t know what you don’t know, but you do know you the best and the impacts.
11-03-2022 | 07:35 PM
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From: single-pilot multi turbine captain
Hey all. I was a controller at ZMA for 30+ years, covering the whole clock most weeks. Piece of cake at the beginning, a big incentive to punch out at the end. Seniority didn't much come into play. In fact, when I decided to punch out, my buddy who was immediately senior got the newly dirty end of the stick & punched out the following month!
Many of those years ago, some of us participated in a study that the U.S. Army initiated - seems they had a problem with helicopters getting balled up during night & NVG training that was stapled on to whatever was the normal Ft. Rucker lifestyle.
Here were the takeaways:
1. It's OK to get your +/- 7-in-24 REM sleep in random "catnaps". There's a zen saying "When it's time to eat, open your mouth, when it's time to sleep, close your eyes". Don't fight sh#t so much - good luck fitting this into family obligations &c. The hours number is age-dependent. DaVinci did this - he was a genius...or a nut!?
2. Unless you're in First Nations country consuming marine mammal fat in total darkness, try to get some UV exposure each day +/- 2 hours of whatever your previous day's "dawn" was. This might mean staying up when you get home to read the paper for a bit (am I showing my age?), maybe setting an alarm to interrupt a potential 16-hour crash and go back to bed after breakfast or a little session of hide-the-salami or what have you. Again, folding in family life could prove challenging.
3. Be excellent to each other and party on (actually, I stole this from George Carlin and Bill & Ted).
4. Take some pride in being one of the Freight Dogs - Loyal Order of Sleepless Knights & Dames...OK, I made that part up💪
Many of those years ago, some of us participated in a study that the U.S. Army initiated - seems they had a problem with helicopters getting balled up during night & NVG training that was stapled on to whatever was the normal Ft. Rucker lifestyle.
Here were the takeaways:
1. It's OK to get your +/- 7-in-24 REM sleep in random "catnaps". There's a zen saying "When it's time to eat, open your mouth, when it's time to sleep, close your eyes". Don't fight sh#t so much - good luck fitting this into family obligations &c. The hours number is age-dependent. DaVinci did this - he was a genius...or a nut!?
2. Unless you're in First Nations country consuming marine mammal fat in total darkness, try to get some UV exposure each day +/- 2 hours of whatever your previous day's "dawn" was. This might mean staying up when you get home to read the paper for a bit (am I showing my age?), maybe setting an alarm to interrupt a potential 16-hour crash and go back to bed after breakfast or a little session of hide-the-salami or what have you. Again, folding in family life could prove challenging.
3. Be excellent to each other and party on (actually, I stole this from George Carlin and Bill & Ted).
4. Take some pride in being one of the Freight Dogs - Loyal Order of Sleepless Knights & Dames...OK, I made that part up💪
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