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High On HealthFatigue.by Dr. John Beasley, M.D.Aviation Medical ExaminerProfessor Emeritus and Clinical ProfessorDepartment of Family MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin - MadisonYou’re not as bad when you’renot dog tired,” said myfriendly examiner when Itook an IPC (Instrument ProficiencyCheckride) a few years back on asunny Saturday morning. Oftenbefore that I had done them in theevening after a full day’s work – andthe fatigue showed. At least I hopedDr. John Beasleyit was the fatigue.Now, I don’t take night hospitalcalls or deliver babies these days, but back when I did, I hada rule of “No flying if less than five hours of sleep.” Prettyarbitrary, but the rule probably made sense. I still have therule, but don’t have to invoke it as often.So what happens with fatigue? It can be insidious. Backin college, I would pull occasional “all-nighters” and aninteresting thing would happen the next day – I would have“micro sleeps” – short episodes of sleep that would come evenwithout feeling particularly tired – but I would realize thatI had not heard anything the “prof” had said for the last 5minutes or so – and you could see where my pen had dribbledoff the notebook. And even if you are not actually fallingasleep on final approach, there are clear decrements in yourattention and performance that will pose hazards.As a private pilot, you could go out and fly even if sotired that you have trouble staying awake on the drive to theairport. Not a good idea!Price county AirPort – PhilliPs, Wisconsin (PBh)Your Flight Path To The Northwoods!Featuring Recreation, Food & Cheap Fuel Prices!Harbor View Restaurant On Beautiful Long LakeWest End of Airport - Floatplanes Welcomed!• 24/7 Self-Service Fuel (100LL & Mogas)• Full-Service Jet A (Best Price In Area)• Rwy 1/19, 5000 ft. & Rwy 6/24, 3950 ft.• Weather Info: AWOS/715-339-4520• Airport Info: 715-339-3701www.co.price.wi.us/government/PriceCountyAirport10 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2012 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINESome years ago I had worked a full day and it was late inthe evening, well after dark, when I dropped off a colleague inWausau (Wisconsin). I botched the landing, which was verynoticeable, as I was flying a Cessna 180 in those days. I cameto what was (for me) a surprisingly smart decision. I calledit a day, and took a motel for the evening, rather than doinganother leg home that night. The times I wasn’t that smart Iguess it all worked out as the airplane could be used again, butit still wasn’t a good idea.For airline pilots, the FAA has long recognized theproblem of fatigue. See http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=13272 for the detailedbureaucratic rules. They actually make some sense, and therules depend on time of day, workload (number of segments),total time during the week and so forth. They include, fora rest period, “...10 hour rest period of which 8 hours is anuninterrupted sleep opportunity.”Even with adequate time of rest, jet lag is an important issuefor pilots flying long distances or with people doing shift work.(Or, those with small children getting them up at night, whichcan cause some of the same problems!)It’s important to note that sleep deficit can be“cumulative.” Most of us will tolerate a single night of toolittle or poor quality sleep, but if this goes on for several days,the decrements in performance increase.So, my suggestions: First, be sure you have enough timeallocated to get a good 7 to 8 hours of restorative sleep. Don’tlet your busy life get in the way of adequate rest. It doesn’t payoff in the long run.If the quality of your sleep is an issue, then go to Googleand look up some material on “sleep hygiene.” One site is:http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/ask-the-expert/sleephygiene.Among other things, be sure that you get at leastsome exercise during the day so you are physically tired, butperhaps not right before bedtime.During the winter, try to get outside during the day so youget adequate light exposure.If there are psychological problems keeping you awake –which happens to all of us occasionally – get some counselingas to how to deal with them. That won’t have adverse effectson your certification, although you should bring a letter fromyour counselor so the examiner knows that you are doingwell. If there is significant depression or other problemsrequiring medications, that’s another story.For rare insomnia, you can use a sleep aid such aszolpidem (Ambien), but not more than two (2) times a weekand then you must let 24 hours lapse between when youtake the stuff and when you get in the left seat. You can’t beusing it for time zone adjustment. By the way, most over-thecountersleep drugs are sedating antihistamines, which are areal no-no as they have significant and lasting adverse effectson performance.And, there is nothing wrong with caffeine if you arefeeling a bit sluggish – but it’s not a sleep substitute. It doesincrease alertness.q
Non-Competing Operating Procedures For AvionicsInstrument Flightby Michael KaufmanIf anyone hada new aviationproductto introduce tothe public, thetwo places to doit would be atEAA AirVenturein Oshkosh,Michael KaufmanWisconsin, or Sun-N-Fun in Lakeland, Florida, dependingon the time of year. I browsed thedisplay areas at Oshkosh this year tofind some interesting items to writeabout that dealt with avionics andinstrument flying. I had previouslywritten about a product that wouldbring FREE nextrad Wx to the cockpit.This was the Stratus system that workedwith the Foreflight I-Pad applicationand available from Sporty’s Pilot Shop.Three other ADSB Wx boxes showedThis Garmin 530 had auto-cross-fill enabledso the routing is also displayed on thecompanion Garmin 430.up at Oshkosh as well with some addedfeatures like adding ADSB traffic tothe display. I hope to evaluate each ofthese units and discuss them in futurecolumns.I have been waiting anxiously to flythe new Avidyne IFD540 GPS unitthat will be shipping the fourth quarterof this year (2012). At Oshkosh, therewas an announcement that Avidyne willbe producing a slide-in replacement forthe Garmin 430 GPS – the IFD440 tocomplement the IFD 540 – which isa slide-in replacement for the Garmin530. I am very anxious to get theopportunity to review these new GPSunits while airborne.As I continue to be active in flighttraining, I continue to see interfacingproblems between GPS units, primaryflight displays (PFDs) and autopilots.Some of these problems have existedsince installation or a revised softwareor firmware update. The pilot/aircraftowner gets these words from hisavionics shop: “This is the way it issupposed to work.” As most avionicstechnicians are non-pilots and the pilotsare not avionics experts, this problemmay exist for years before another pilotor technician sees and corrects it. Manyavionics technicians are frightened toride in an airplane with a pilot theydo not know to diagnose an avionicsproblem in flight (and rightfully so),College of AviAtionProfessional PilotAviation BusinessAircraft DispatchComplete in as littleas eighteen months952.851.0066academycollege.eduDrew EricksonCharter Captain/Flight InstructorAcademy College Class of 2001Cindy MayneCharter First Officer/Flight InstructorAcademy College Class of 2007For information on graduationrates, median debt of graduatescompleting this program andother important information,visit our website.Train With Us Fly With Usaviation graduates guaranteed an interview with thunderbird aviationOCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2012 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE 11
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