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Old 29th Jun 2011, 23:59
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Di_Vosh
 
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Get used to it...

G'day vbsydcc,

I'm an Eastern FO and almost all of our overnights involve a 5:00am wake up. It's very common for us to either:

Go to bed at 10:00pm (say) and lie awake in bed until around 2:00am;

or:

Got to sleep at 10:00pm and wake up at 2:00am and not get back to sleep.

Flight crew and Cabin crew alike.

The only crew immune to this are the ones who are parents of young children.

If I get 5 hours sleep or more on an overnight I consider that to be a win.

Not much consolation, but better than taking pills/powders/etc.

DIVOSH!
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