How to Sleep Well by Neil Stanley

Author:Neil Stanley
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857087874
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2018-07-13T00:00:00+00:00

You may wonder why, on a daytime flight, the cabin crew encourage you to put the window blinds down and sleep. Well it isn't to help you reduce the symptoms of jet lag it is merely so they can get some rest without your constant requests for more beer. It is not normal to have lunch and then have a long nap during the day so resist the temptation to do so when you are on an aircraft. If it is daylight outside, stay awake.

You may have seen the stories that new aircraft from the big manufactures are somehow designed to reduce jet lag. The claim is that because they have slightly bigger windows, are pressurised to a slightly lower level, and have funky lights that change colour, that this is going to ameliorate the experience of jet lag. It is not. It may have some small benefit for the way we feel but jet lag is caused by getting on a metal tube and flying rapidly across numerous time zones. By its very definition it is an unavoidable consequence of flying by jet. Rather than boasting about how clever the design of the aircraft is, why don't airlines just make it a more comfortable experience? Why is the seat pitch on an aircraft designed for a 2‐hour flight the same as that on one capable of flying 17 hours non‐stop? Indeed, some short‐haul aircraft actually have better seat pitch than most long‐haul configurations. Do airlines really think there is no difference in the comfort needed for these two scenarios?

Remember the only effective way to prevent jet lag, is to go by boat.

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