- Mindfully relax your face, one part at a time, including your jaw and your tongue.
- Take slow deep breaths. Working downward, visualize tension leaving each body part, from your shoulders to your arms and hands.
- Keep breathing deeply as you relax the muscles in your chest, stomach, legs, and feet.
To promote your bed-sleep connection, follow the quarter-of-an-hour rule: if you notice that you aren't asleep within around 15 minutes of going to bed, try getting out of bed, go to another room go through your wind down routine until you are feeling sleepy-tired and ready to return to bed for sleep.
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 Take Advantage of Naps
A 20-30-minute map is all you need to help fight pilot fatigue. A short burst of rest will help to improve alertness in your day. However, you want to be sure your nap isn't too long.
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What happens if both pilots go unconscious? If both pilots died during flight, the plane would be in a state of autopilot. The aircraft would continue to fly until it ran out of fuel or encountered an obstacle that it could not navigate around.
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In-flight strategies
- Cockpit napping: A forty-minute nap after a long period of wakefulness can be extremely beneficial. ...
- Activity breaks are another measure found to be most beneficial when a pilot is experiencing partial sleep loss or high levels of fatigue. ...
- Bunk sleeping is another effective in-flight strategy.
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