submission - Independent Pilots Association

do some studies and you can demonstrate that occasionally someone will
perform prettv well, but that's not 1009â ever. It's never getting back to peak
performance and it's under the luxurious circumstances of no interruptions, no
noise, etc. I n'ouldn't ever think that napping could make it safe going through
the night.
How about that the flight is going to happen. There is going to be asery day in ,4tnerica,
pilots that report to work at 2300 or whateaer and fly until0800 the next morning.
Nout, what's different about the man who kttows a week, a month in adoance that this is
going to be his schedule and the reserre pilot who finds out at noon after haaing wolcen
up at 8 a.m.? Whnt wouldbe the difference?
You know that the time you do all of the things you can to move toward a better
situation....You can never get to perfection, but the more practice, the more
warning, the better you'll be able to handle it. Some people leam that there is a
time when it's quiet and if I do this, I can preffy much depend that I will fall
asleep. It's not 100% but you kind of learn that or you practice or whatever. But
if it's without warning, all bets are off.
Dr. Dement, you'lse kind of led the discussion into another area of this nilemaking that
has to do with an alternatiae method. Assuming that the pilots in this protected time
period method uere depleted, the carriers then want to giue pilots aduance notice to coiter
anv nússion or Rny assignment. They are looking at 70 hottrs as the criteria. l\'¿ don't
belieae that to be adequate based upott. . ..
Are you talking ro-nouiffigz -
Ten-hour uanting, yes. To do anything.
That would be 100% wrong.
why?
Well, because the 10 hours could fall sort of toward the beginning of what we call
"clock dependent learning." There's no wa)'you could sleep. And then vou go
into vour dufi-period at the h'orse possible time t'ou could have that situation.
Whnt sort o.f tinte would you tltink zuoultT be ndequnte to giae a gry enough timt to get nn
o¡tportwtity to rest so tlmt he would be snfer tltnn T0ltours?
Twenty-four hours. At least a day before. Wouldn't you think? I don't see horv
I'ou can get notified as the dav is beginning and feel you could depend on being
able to take a nap. If it happened everv dav or somehou'vou knou'that vou
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