How aware are you of sleep?
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How aware are you of sleep?
This may seem an odd question, but how aware are people of how long they are asleep on flights? One leg I had on fri/sat was 11 hours, all night. I must have slept a fair amount as the first seven and some hours went by quickly, and then the last three and a bit hours went by at a crawl. Even if I'm not asleep, I do try and rest with my eyes shut as mock sleep as I have read (Stanford U. sleep unit) that 'pretending to sleep' actually has value if you can't sleep. I have some memories of a meal going by, but who knows how many hours I slept.
I'd really like to know, but have no idea. Anyone else have this problem?
I'd really like to know, but have no idea. Anyone else have this problem?
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This may seem an odd question, but how aware are people of how long they are asleep on flights? One leg I had on fri/sat was 11 hours, all night. I must have slept a fair amount as the first seven and some hours went by quickly, and then the last three and a bit hours went by at a crawl. Even if I'm not asleep, I do try and rest with my eyes shut as mock sleep as I have read (Stanford U. sleep unit) that 'pretending to sleep' actually has value if you can't sleep. I have some memories of a meal going by, but who knows how many hours I slept.
I'd really like to know, but have no idea. Anyone else have this problem?
I'd really like to know, but have no idea. Anyone else have this problem?
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I'd like to know if I'm getting a decent amount of sleep, or if I'm not. I often can't tell if I'm behind on sleep until it hits me hard. As it is right now as I'm typing.
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I can't, either. Yet I've seen plenty of people apparently able to sleep most of a TATL or TPAC bolt upright in a coach middle seat. I envy those people! [For the sleep, not the coach middle seat ]
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That's my issue: given what I do I'm not aware of how long I sleep. I am wondering if other people find themselves in a similar situation. Given that some people seem to not even recognise my situation, I'm guessing that means that many people don't share my issue.
Though, I think I probably slept over half of that 7 hours as they flew by suspiciously quickly.
I did once drop off pretty well immediately when leaving Sydney Australia, to wake up just as we were landing in Singapore. If I could do that every time, that would be a great advantage.
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#7
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I can usually only sleep 1 hr at a time on flights. Best sleep I ever had on a flight was on a vancouver - mexico city leg after narita - vancouver. I don't remember taking off or landing. Plane was empty so I laid down on a four across in the middle of a 747 on JAL. was a long time ago.
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Even if I am not sleeping I usually just lie there with my eyes close and relax. My husband thinks I'm asleep and wonders why I am tired.
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I do take occasional glances at my phone to see what time it is to gauge how long I have slept. I also like to have some noise playing in the background like playing a show or movie on my tablet or phone (I would use the IFE, but attaching my NC headphones, falling asleep and having them play an announcement would give me a heart attack) so I am somewhat aware of the passage of time.
Generally I find I get 5 to 7 hours of sleep straight on a TPAC. Probably my most restful as I can't be reached. Rest of the time, it's catnaps and watching videos and the occasional book or notes that I need to email out once I land.
Generally I find I get 5 to 7 hours of sleep straight on a TPAC. Probably my most restful as I can't be reached. Rest of the time, it's catnaps and watching videos and the occasional book or notes that I need to email out once I land.
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When I settle in to sleep I just set a stopwatch on my phone or look at the time. However, if it's coach it's rarely more than 20 minutes.
However on some transatlantic's and transpacific's i've managed around 7 hours in business.
My best was LAX-SYD, I got into LAX about 10 hours before the flight and spent all day exploring Santa Monica. So when it came time for the flight I ate, then passed out for 9.5 hours and woke with only 2 hours to go. It was amazing to be so rested landing at SYD.
However on some transatlantic's and transpacific's i've managed around 7 hours in business.
My best was LAX-SYD, I got into LAX about 10 hours before the flight and spent all day exploring Santa Monica. So when it came time for the flight I ate, then passed out for 9.5 hours and woke with only 2 hours to go. It was amazing to be so rested landing at SYD.
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This has happened to me on occasion when I'm sufficiently tired. One time I pulled an all-nighter before a transcon flight. I know I slept the majority of the flight, but I'm not sure how many hours exactly. It wasn't very sound sleep because I remember waking up a couple times, but I'm not sure for what. I also have a vague recollection of being offered snacks and a drink. After the flight the guy next to me commented that I seemed to have slept well.
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If the plane has a moving map display, I can generally note that I slept, say, from Boise to Cedar Rapids, or whatever.
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