Sleeping and long haul
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As VS cabin crew I was also surprised to read that pax thought that they had to close their blinds. We always go round on a night flight asking people to close them but if someone chose not to, or opened it later, I certainly wouldn't say anything about it.
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Jordan D: ... after all why would I ask for a window seat if I didn't want to look out of it?
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Like Globaliser, I want a window seat on LH - not to look out, but so I don't have anyone waking me to get out. I always want an Aisle seat for SH as I find them more comfortable when I'm not trying to sleep.
As to sleep, I try and adopt the time of my destination as soon as possible, and get 7 hours + sleep if possible at the correct point. If it is light outside, I really would like everyone to have the blind down !
As to sleep, I try and adopt the time of my destination as soon as possible, and get 7 hours + sleep if possible at the correct point. If it is light outside, I really would like everyone to have the blind down !
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Sleeping
As a regular Europe-Far East flyer, I can heartily recommend Diazepam. Available over the counter in Asia, no side effects that I am aware of, and guarantees a good six to seven hours which pretty much breaks the back of the flight.
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Diazepam (Vallium) is not the drug of choice if you want to sleep on a long haul flight. Talk to your doc and they can give you a prescription for something more appropriate and this will also keep you legal for taking controlled drugs across international borders. I am partial to Ambien myself and Sonata is another good one.
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Be very careful with sleeping pills people. If they knock you out flat then you wont be moving very much in your seat (especially of your down back) and you could easily develope a DVT! I just dont think its worth it!
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If you are deemed to be inebriated then, if TV airline shows are to be believed, 
you will be denied boarding on the basis that you may be unable to react properly in an emergency.
If you take a sleeping pill, doesn't that put you in a similar position? Are you obliged to tell cabin staff that you have taken such a "pill"?
you will be denied boarding on the basis that you may be unable to react properly in an emergency.If you take a sleeping pill, doesn't that put you in a similar position? Are you obliged to tell cabin staff that you have taken such a "pill"?
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DVT
Re the DVT thing and sleeping pills, if a DVT is brought on whilst flying, it seems to be accepted that this is due to lack of movement. However does the cabin pressure have something to do with it as well?
If it is lack of movement then those people who regularly take sleeping pills for a good night's sleep whilst on the ground are surely just as much at risk of a DVT as those in the air, or as mentioned before, does flying at 6000ft or whatever the cabin pressure is at, aggravate the situation. I understand that the same problem can occur on any long journey at ground level, when movement is difficult.
Also, no-one ever seems to mention the poor flight deck crew on long haul and even short haul. How many of those get DVT's? This subject is never covered by the media or is it that each pilot does 100 steps around the flight deck once an hour!!
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If it is lack of movement then those people who regularly take sleeping pills for a good night's sleep whilst on the ground are surely just as much at risk of a DVT as those in the air, or as mentioned before, does flying at 6000ft or whatever the cabin pressure is at, aggravate the situation. I understand that the same problem can occur on any long journey at ground level, when movement is difficult.
Also, no-one ever seems to mention the poor flight deck crew on long haul and even short haul. How many of those get DVT's? This subject is never covered by the media or is it that each pilot does 100 steps around the flight deck once an hour!!
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Moving
How much does a person move who sleeps in a real flat bed on ground or air with no safety belts or armrests or back of next seat around, compared to one sleeping in an economy seat?
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SLF: Regarding sleeping potions, a colleague swears by Night Nurse, one of those cold remedies that "may cause drowsiness".
Doesn't seem incompatible with G&Ts or red wine.
Promethazine is (I believe) prescription-only in the US, so:-
- It must be good.
- US Sominex unfortunately has something different in it.
