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Back in November 2010, we wrote about pilot error due to fatigue and sleep deprivation. We also noted that the FAA and pilots’ unions were campaigning for schedule reform to mitigate this issue but were facing opposition from airline companies. Some pilots even said that the FAA’s original proposal was not sufficient. They wanted 10 [...]
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Do you ever notice those folks who can sleep anywhere? They can plop down in the most cramped of airline seats, the noisiest of locations, billions of watts of light and boom! they’re out cold. Whereas for you – and the rest of us mortals – small things like noise and light can take you [...]
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The recent revelation that the cause behind the fatal Air India crash this May was pilot error due to sleep inertia has numerous agencies and the Indian government in a tizzy. According to a report analyzing the plane’s black box, the pilot, Zlatko Glusica, was asleep for most of the three hour flight from Dubai, [...]
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Ever get back from vacation and need another vacation? Wouldn’t it be nice to take a break and get away to a destination that actually lets you catch up on your Zzz’s? We thought so, which is why we’re throwing the @Zeo ‘Send Me To Sleep’ (Twitter) Sweepstakes – you and a friend could win [...]
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On a recent trekking trip in Nepal, a friend gave me some pretty weird news: at night, I would alternate between hyperventilating and holding my breath in my sleep. I guess when you ‘sleep for a living’ (i.e. work for Zeo), it’s a little harder to get away from talking about stuff related to work. [...]
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This past October I was fortunate enough to go on a nice, lengthy vacation to Istanbul (not Constantinople)… and it looks like vacation is good for my sleep. So,what was I doing differently? Let Your Body call the Shots Since I was traveling by myself, I had greater flexibility overall when it came to my [...]
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I’m a Zeo engineer who loves to travel, and I recently got a chance to mix the two. Last month, I took Zeo with me on a trip to Taiwan to document my sleeping patterns and prove that I could avoid jetlag [editorial: i.e. Kuji shares some interesting things he tried in order to combat [...]
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