Originally Posted by
CurtainTwitcher
T-VASIS Thank you for enlighten post.
For anyone want to review the current state of sleep research, a great place to start is Matthew Walker's "
Why We Sleep".
Walker was interviewed in a 3 part podcast interview by Peter Attia to get the essence of his research, in particular the metabolic and cognitive effects of sleep deprivation
#47 – Matthew Walker, Ph.D., on sleep – Part I of III: Dangers of poor sleep, Alzheimer’s risk, mental health, memory consolidation, and more
#48 – Matthew Walker, Ph.D., on sleep – Part II of III: Heart disease, cancer, sexual function, and the causes of sleep disruption (and tips to correct it)
#49 – Matthew Walker, Ph.D., on sleep – Part III of III: The penetrating effects of poor sleep from metabolism to performance to genetics, and the impact of caffeine, alcohol, THC, and CBD on sleep
My take away from the Walker book and the podcasts is that the science of effects of lack of sleep are going in only one direction, that is the more the science emerges, that greater the negative effect detected. As far as I am aware, there is no research that suggests extended wakefulness has any positive or beneficial effects on either short or longterm cognitive performance or health.
JamieMaree, you call bullsit on long term health effects, do you have any research to support your position? I will flip you question the other way,
the scientific onus is on you to prove that routine extended wakefulness is safe.
I don’t have a position.
It is just that there is a lot of scaremongering on this thread and many unsupported assertions.
There have several been scientific projects on longhaul flying and it effects as there have been on the effects on people who work shift work.
Supposedly there is a research project that shows that pilots in BA don’t live as long as the average population. I haven’t seen it but would like to see an apples and apples comparison.
Im not trying to assert that routine extended wakefulness is safe or unsafe.
My career is in longhaul flying and I’m calling bulls’it on a lot of the assertions on this thread regarding how all the pilots flying the project sunrise are going to die earlier than they otherwise would and on how inherently unsafe it is going to be and what a bunch of bars**rds the QF management are for wanting to get rid of night credits.
If QF hypothethetically offered a 40% pay rise for flying project sunrise, is every pilot still going to die prematurely?