When do YOU get out of bed?

[Deftone45075]

Yeah, once in awhile when I have a 3am or 4am show for a trip, I just don't go to sleep. I find it easier than forcing myself to sleep at 1 or 2 just to wake up two hours later.

 

[Typhoon1244]

I'm always amazed by my fellow flight crew members who request a 5:15 wake up call for a 5:30 van. I need a minimum of one hour to get spooled up for something like that!

 

[I.P. Freley]

What I find most amazing is that this thread, MY thread, was dead for 16 months or so... And was then resurrected! Thankfully, I don't have to worry about my sleep habits anymore, I work 20 days a month and have not choice!!

 

[FL717]

Here's the skinny. I 'm a commuter so I usually bid commuteable lines which mean I gotta get up early, commute in and have early shows so I can commute home on the last day. At home on my days off I usually get into this rhythm here:

Get up at aroung 10:00 am. get online and check e-mail, my stock portfolio (Ameritrade), Yahoo business airline news, this website, my union website, and CBS Marketwatch. Then I go turn on CNN and see who's bombing who, then the weather channel. Then I go to HBO, or sCinemax and scan for nudity. If not then off to PPV Spank-ter-vision and see if theres any boobies.. err movies to watch. As a last resort its Price is Right (and not for Bob Barker).. not that there's anything wrong with that, just not on my watch if you know what I mean! Then its either back to bed to jump on the girlfriend if she's home.. if not well then... ugh... you know... its there.. so use it or lose it. (By the way.. its like a different woman if you switch)!!

If I don't fall back asleep, then its off to the bathroom for the three very important "S" words that begin with "SH" and rhyme with hit, flower, and pave.

Then its back on the internet to see who's bad mouthing me here at FlightInfo.. so be careful what you say.... I'm watching you know!

That pretty much sums up my day.

BTW... folks the above is not true, it was just a joke.....I go straight to PPV porn after I get out of bed.

 

[Long Time Gone]

bump


oddtodd is still at it.

Nice job.....no one has yet to notice that this thread has been ressurrected (did I spell that right?) after a year and a half of being DEAD.

Good work hiding the truth on that one, oddtodd.

And to think that most people on these boards are pilots trusted with thousands or millions of dollars of equipment but can't pay attention to the smallest detail.

 

[JediNein]

This thread has soooo much potential... at least another 20 posts worth.

 

[KingAirKiddo]

I thought this thread was great the first time around...glad to see it back at the top.

Yep, I definitely agree that there's just something about unemployed pilots and the 11AM wake up. I was on that schedule when I got furloughed, too. I'm re-employed, but still on the "furloughed schedule" during the 15 days a month or so that I'm off.

 

[Long Time Gone]

I agree that it is worth bringing up again.....I was just curious if anyone else noticed (sorry if I sounded like an *ss).

I usually try to set my alarm for 10am so I'm out of bed by 11am. As long as the unemployment covers the bills, why bother.

 

[Smoking Man]

When you just cannot hold the pi$$ in, and still sleep. That is when I get up, or if the wife tells me to.

 

[Cardinal]

Another 11AM schmuck right here. I try to get up earlier, I really do try. But at around 11 guilt and laziness finally reach an equilibrium, and it's time to go find some morning coffee to accompany lunch. I start throwing boxes in a couple weeks, in comparison that 2AM wakeup to slave for Fred Smith is going to suck like nothing has ever sucked before.

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

Dawn patrol

I am working now, but I was jobless for 9 months over the winter. I typically got up at 0430 to make the drive to either the north or west shore of Oahu, depending on how the wave models looked, and I'd be paddling out as first light was breaking. Surfed all morning, then go home and either brew or drink the best **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**ed ale I could muster up.

On non-surfing mornings, I'd get out of bed just as soon as I chewed off my arm... C'mon, I'm not the only one in that boat....

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

Partly due to the fact that I'm a night owl, and also due to the fact that most of our flying is through the night, I usually go to be about 3 and get up about 12.

I was furloughed once, and almost furloughed again last month. I hope it doesn't happen again!

Cliff
DTW

PS-If you're furloughed-I feel for you! Good luck, and keep trying...