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Old 5th Jun 2007, 12:29
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poorwanderingwun
 
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I would suggest your time be better spent on more important things like lack of sleep and fatigue brought about by excessive work patterns which are far more of a danger to the travelling public.

Very true... Back in my airline flying days I found myself getting really depressed with intense, repetative and unsociable schedules... I was drinking for escape at all sorts of odd hours so that I wouldn't conflict with the 8 hr rule and just getting more depressed... I was lucky enough to be in a position to walk away from that type of flying and get my life back together... many.. possibly most pilots out there with established careers and family responsibilities are not able to do so and will find themselves in an ever descending spiral...
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