about sleeping

[boxjockey]

Amen to that which is holy!!! BEEEEERRRRRR!!!!

Box

 

[wingnutt]

Re: thanks

Fly freight and never see them...

...i wouldnt say its quite that bad. the first company i flew for was mostly day stuff. the downside was that i would only end up seeing the family once a day; either just before they went to bed, or right after they woke up...but never both, unless it was a weekend

the second company was alot more night stuff, but it was all scheduled and like previously mentioned, a nice dark window covering did me wonders. id come home about 9am, see the family for an hour or two, sleep like a banshee, then see the family for another hour or two before heading out the door about 9pm. as far as things go, that worked out quite well.

the third company was the hardest. i was hired directly as a floater and life as i knew it went out the window. it was fun in the aspect that i had alot of time off with the family, but was basically a 24 hour on-call pilot. there was absolutely no-way to plan sleep, in fact most of the routes ended up splitting your sleep in half...4-5 hours in one city and 4-5 hours in another. that was the worst in my opinion.

to answer the question, i didnt have too much of a problem getting back on normal sleep schedules, it might have taken one day for me to adjust back, but never more than that. i had alot of fun in cargo, it actaully opened alot of doors which allowed me to get out and find a life. ive now got a week on/week off schedule that absolutely rocks

 

[spitfire1940]

Looks like painting the windows black is a must for daytime sleeping. I figure with the kids at school, there shouldn't be too much noise--so maybe it should work. Never know till you try. thanks to all who replied

 

[icefr8dawg]

autopilots and sleep

Anyone had the pleasure of waking up in the "to/from bank" as you pass the station still asleep? I think the ARC/Sperry autopilots in the old 310's do it best?


There is so much to say for the scheduled verses on demand cargo world. I never fell asleep during a scheduled run but used to do on demand/pager stuff in a smooth running/flying 402 that would put me to sleep quite easily. I think it was the more than adequate heat in the 402 compared to the 310's miserable heater. Not to mention the comfy cabin.

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[uscpilot]

Re: autopilots and sleep

There is so much to say for the scheduled verses on demand cargo world. I never fell asleep during a scheduled run but used to do on demand/pager stuff in a smooth running/flying 402 that would put me to sleep quite easily. I think it was the more than adequate heat in the 402 compared to the 310's miserable heater. Not to mention the comfy cabin.

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You sure it wasnt the crack in the good ole janitrol heater that was putting you to sleep? I was using mine the other night when I was cleared ..... ..... and then I woke up when the heater overtemped. I wish I could get those two hours back.
Kidding.
usc