submission - Independent Pilots Association

\Ahcn in fact thcy r¡'erc in t5c process of falling slecp'
rhcir e¡'es and try to slccp This
subjeccive alcnness in relaoon ¡
can bc rccordcd i¡ the sa-E cn\
¡trre effons t'et*een Europcan. Japanesc. and
r haul at¡cre'* s. rePoncd that sub¡ectlre
uc narure of thc psychophysiologicd staæ of
cParate srudies by Derrrnt ct al' (t9tó) and
found that subjccts subþctivcly fclt tlnt tltcy
cn paired *'ith ar¡otbc¡ subþct' when io tcdiry it
¡. Rosckind d al. (tgg¿) fou¡rd pilos un¡blc to
ræ to ¡ shorr inftight nep. Alrhough pilots did
ttrcy could not subjcctively ooticc ¡ dific¡eocc'
pychophysiology cbanges ia higbcr ordcr
r loss, thcsc changcs automarically precmpt oocs
rccunrelY.
c prescncc of ccrtai¡ fætors masks slccpiæss and
. Envi¡onrncot¿l factors that have a maskjlg afÏe.,-:
ne,lhi¡st, bungcr' e¡ciænpn¡. rrlking ¡bout
tet al. (1978) fo{¡od tbet slccp dcprived pilots in
occ ftigbt prcpalatioos werc undcr way rnd fligbt
escarch that r¡scd tbc multiple slecp laæocy tcs
:lnd et al.' 1994: RotÌ¡ er d.. 1994)' I¡ conr¡ast to
cncy tcst asks subjects to quietJy lie do*n. closc
rnasking factors' *hcreås
e þrær corrclarioo bcca'¡¡sc bot'h
' tl9t9) rcponcd thu slblecute
slecprness rcsponses ro r-bc Sa¡rford Sleeprness
cd sigrriñcance $ hen subjects
,*ere entennt suge I slec; Tlus rt n¡ay tlc that rrhen EEG aJpha a.lld tìeta 3;t:\rry appcars therc
rs trul) a fecLing of sleeP: