Books
‘Tired All the Time’
The Pilot Lifestyle: A Sociological Study of the Commercial Pilot’s Work and Home Life
Bennett, Simon. Leicester, England: University of Leicester Institute of Lifelong Learning, 2011. 228 pp.
“Didn’t get to sleep until 2300. Woke at 0100 and stayed awake until 0400. Then slept until 0800. [At] work by 0900 to pick up taxi to LBA [Leeds-Bradford Airport, England]. Ninety-minute ride. Flight delayed one hour due to late inbound. Operated LBA-PMI-MAN [Leeds-Bradford–Palma de Mallorca, Spain–Manchester, England]. Flight delayed PMI by one hour due to flow-control restrictions. No meal on return flight — oven unserviceable — so starving. Two hours late into MAN. Drove home. Quick chat to wife, then bed at 2230 with sleeping tablet — I need to get some sleep.”
Many corporate managers work long hours and travel often. It is hard to imagine a company, however, that would expect a high-level executive to keep…
