CAA Docs - Staying awake on the flight deck - it's all in the wrist

[Captain Stable]

CAA Paper 2003/14: Wakefulness on the Civil Flight Deck: Evaluation of a Wrist-worn Alertness Device

This study assessed the effectiveness of a wrist-worn alertness device based on the principle that sustained periods of sleep are associated with wrist inactivity in excess of 5 minutes

http://www.caa.co.uk/publications/publicationdetails.asp?id=1100

[simfly]

does this mean there will be new SOP's for pilots on night flights to partake in frequentent, hmm, well, you know what i mean!!