To sleep, perchance to live (article)

[Nick]

I don't know if I've ever seen one of these articles on sleep studies that was so custom-made for aviation.

Someone should print this article out and sent it straight to the FAA.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/03/09/gupta.sleep/

I was back in the cockpit at 2 a.m., California time, and those seemingly simple landing sequences were suddenly much harder to remember.

Just keeping the nose of the plane level proved to be a real challenge.

If you have been up for more than 20 hours, your reflexes are roughly comparable to someone with a blood alcohol level of .08 -- which in many states is enough to be considered legally drunk.

You should not drive -- and you most certainly should not be flying a plane -- in that condition.

On a related note, anyone on here ever visit the NASA Ames Research Center? I looked at the website and I think I might check it out sometime.

[Doug Taylor]

Oh, the FAA knows!