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Don't Sleep
On the Dangers
of Fatigue

By Walker Jaroch

Getting the correct amount and right quality of sleep
can be the difference between a safe, productive day
and disaster.

A

viation is an industry fraught with the
potential for danger. It's plain to those
working on the ramp just what can go
wrong.
Yet, sometimes the first steps leading up to an
accident don't take place on the ramp at all, but
in bed - or more aptly - out of it.
Sleep deprivation and fatigue are easy to shrug
off, with burning the midnight oil often being
boasted about. But the dangers of a poor night's
sleep are all too real. It takes only one absentminded moment to cause catastrophe.
"Showing up at work inadequately rested can
have huge impacts on so many domains," says
Dr. Indira Gurubhagavatula, associate professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, director of the sleep clinic at the Veteran's

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Administration Medical Center and chair of the
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)
Public Safety Committee. "First of all, job performance. Being able to do your job effectively,
correctly and safely requires that all of your
cognitive and decision-making skills are intact,
that you're alert and able to process information, and that your muscles can react quickly
and accurately.
"A lot of neurological and cognitive processes
depend on restorative, refreshing sleep."
The AASM says the average adult needs
between seven and nine hours of sleep a night.
The exact number can vary from person to
person, with some individuals able to function
properly on less sleep than others. Gurubhagavatula adds that it isn't just the hours of sleep that



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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Ground_Support_August_2020

Business Buzz
Protect Equipment from Abuse
Industry Expert Column – Ground Handling
Don’t Sleep On the Dangers of Fatigue
How Ground Handling has Adapted During the Pandemic
AviationPros Special Report: How the Industry is Working to Combat COVID-19
Case Study: TPPL Batteries Bolster American’s eGSE
A Hybrid Approach to Deicing
Product Hangar
Editor’s Note
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Ground_Support_August_2020 - Industry Expert Column – Ground Handling
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Ground_Support_August_2020 - Don’t Sleep On the Dangers of Fatigue
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Ground_Support_August_2020 - How Ground Handling has Adapted During the Pandemic
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Ground_Support_August_2020 - AviationPros Special Report: How the Industry is Working to Combat COVID-19
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Ground_Support_August_2020 - Case Study: TPPL Batteries Bolster American’s eGSE
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