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I've now taken more than a few transatlantic flights i.e flights over 5+ hours of timezones. I have observed flight attendants and the time difference doesn't seem to have any effect upon them.
I have just come off a transatlantic flight with a 5 hour jump in time, we left around 10 and flew through the night. The flight attendants were in perfect condition right through the flight, they walked up and down the isles all night just like it was a dayflight.
I am absolutely wrecked and in terrible shape. Anything over 2 hours jump in time and I am exhausted.
How do these flight attendants/pilots fly through the night and not be impacted? Don't they fly over the Atlantic twice a week? Do they stay on their own timezone and sleep through the day when they land in Europe?
Im ill after a flight , even quite a short one.. my daughter is the same and her legs and ankes swell up terrible.. shes off tomorrow to Greece to be a bridesmaid the next day .. and is worried about what state she ll be in for the wedding.. any advice please for her.. hell knows how the cabin crew and attendants do it... I cant..
I take 10+ long hauls a year. There is no strategy/cure/magic silver bullet for JL, not for passengers and not for crew. You just get more used to it over time and can function at some diminished level whilst JL'd.
Yeah, I kinda agree. This is my fourth trip to America/across the Atlantic and so far this is the first time were I have managed to cope slightly better.
The last few times when I arrived back I stayed on American time/went to bed when tired on the first few days which was wrong; this time around, I got up at 9am each day and stayed up all day (although today it took alot of energy to stay awake) and then went to bed at 11pm.
I have to be honest though, I haven't been getting much sleep and have been waking up alot in the middle of the night. Last night, for example, I woke around 2am and stayed awake to 5.
I think the strategy is to put yourself on the new time as quick as possible and force yourself to stay awake.
1) What's the typical age of a flight attendant? Do they tend to be younger? I don't know - I really never pay any attention. In my 20s I worked jobs with overnight shifts, but when I had a day or two of I shifted to being awake during the day and sleeping at night. Then, after a decade of working normal hours, in my late 30s I found myself at a job with a week of overnights each month. It was harder to adjust. Those crazy hours tend to be easier for younger folk.
2) It's one thing to fly across a few times zones now and then. But when you do it every day, you probably get used to it. People adjust to their circumstances if those circumstances are consistently applied.
3) Some people are just better at adjusting than others. Picking a profession that jibes with your abilities is one of the elements of effective career-choice.
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