Timely article on the FAA's involvement with sleep schedules: http://www.ajc.com/news/air-traffic-controller-scheduling-913244.html "Union spokesman Doug Church said up to now, 25 percent of the nation's air traffic controllers work what he called a "2-2-1″ schedule, working afternoon to night the first two days, followed by a mandatory minimum of eight hours for rest before starting two morning-to-afternoon shifts, another eight or more hours for sleep, then a final shift starting between 10 p.m. to midnight. "Maybe we need to work in more time for rest," Church said. "You’re forcing yourself to work at a time when the body is used to sleeping." Frank -----Original Message----- From: Dave CROCKER [mailto:dhc2@dcrocker.net] Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 1:15 PM To: Jay Ashworth Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: 365x24x7 On 4/17/2011 8:19 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
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From: "Dave CROCKER"<dhc2@dcrocker.net>
There were 3-5 of us covering things for that added time. But, then, the major operations were purely daytime, during the week. Graveyard shift was quiet enough that we surreptitiously bought a cot...
You didn't work for the FAA, Dave, did you?
No, or we would have gotten more sleep. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net