Flying Makes Everyone Sleep

[201er]

Why is it that flying makes everyone so sleepy?

On the bright side, if you have an old audio panel, it's a poor-man's version of 'pilot isolate' mode for some quiet time!

Do your passengers tend to sleep through flights? Or am I the only one that flies it so buttery smooth that they can't resist?

 

[seregin]

My family members fall asleep pretty much right after departure. Smooth air or bumps- won’t matter. Block Island or Bahamas- the result is the same. I let it go now, even though initially that was irritating.


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[Culver LFA]

So exactly what altitude are you cruising at

[ArtVandelay]

If I’m not the pilot, I fall asleep too...riding along is boring.


Tom

[201er]

1 minute ago, ArtVandelay said:

If I’m not the pilot, I fall asleep too...riding along is boring.


Tom

Gotta stay awake or who's gonna fly the plane when PIC falls asleep!?

[Shadrach]

My kids are often out before I call for takeoff clearance.  Those are some great pics...really!  Anything above 8,000' makes for the perfect combination of white noise and reduced O2.  No other way to explain how people sleep so soundly when sitting in those positions.

Edited June 25, 2019 by Shadrach

[ZuluZulu]

My girlfriend often naps during flights!  I take it as a vote of confidence.

[EricJ]

I have a friend that says 2500 rpm is his lullaby.   He sits in the back and it's pretty much lights out once I hit cruise.

 

[MrRodgers]

Hysterical.

My girlfriend doesn't even make it into the airplane. 

The moment I start talking about my airplane or flying her eyes glaze over and she is out like a light.

 

[gsxrpilot]

5 minutes ago, MrRodgers said:

Hysterical.

My girlfriend doesn't even make into the airplane. 

The moment I start talking about my airplane or flying her eyes glaze over and she is out like a light.

 

That's my wife exactly.

[Skates97]

My youngest son sleeps half the time and is awake half the time. My older son will actually try to stay awake but is usually nodding off within about 5 minutes of departure. He said it is the sound/vibration of the engine that just puts him to sleep.

[mooneyspeed]

Hah it sure does. I’ve got more then enough photos of the wife, kids, dogs all out cold


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[Guest]

51 minutes ago, MrRodgers said:

Hysterical.

My girlfriend doesn't even make it into the airplane. 

The moment I start talking about my airplane or flying her eyes glaze over and she is out like a light.

 

 

46 minutes ago, gsxrpilot said:

That's my wife exactly.

I’m confused, do you guys find it awkward sharing the same woman?

Clarence

[MB65E]

Mike you are just too smooth!!

-Matt 

[Bravoman]

It’s a special Russian sleeping gas you’re  piping thru the vents

[aviatoreb]

6 hours ago, 201er said:

Gotta stay awake or who's gonna fly the plane when PIC falls asleep!?

Dang you must be an exciting conversationalist.

[mooneyspeed]

From a few years ago


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[midlifeflyer]

My wife was my first passenger, about a week after getting my private. She fell asleep on that first flight and ever since.

[jwilcoxon78]

Anything over an hour and everyone is usually out. 

[steingar]

Mrs. Steingar usually falls asleep.  I don't.  I don't fall asleep in moving vehicles of any stripe.  I drove a bunch of us back from NYC one time, did an all nighter.  Left at 5:00pm, got back home at 6:00 am.  I did all the driving.  When we arrived I got out of the car and fell asleep standing up.  

[bob865]

My wife is usually gone before tower hands me off to departure.

[Hank]

5 hours ago, steingar said:

Mrs. Steingar usually falls asleep.  I don't.  I don't fall asleep in moving vehicles of any stripe.  I drove a bunch of us back from NYC one time, did an all nighter.  Left at 5:00pm, got back home at 6:00 am.  I did all the driving.  When we arrived I got out of the car and fell asleep standing up.  

I've slept in cars, trucks, boats, ferries, ships, trains and the back of airliners. I've gotten drowsy driving, and fell asleep sitting at a red light once while working crazy hours--the UPS truck honking for me to go woke me up.

But I've never fallen asleep nor even been sleepy sitting up front in my Mooney! My wife sleeps in the plane frequently, but has asked me to stop posting pictures of her asleep in the plane. She didn't mind me giving those photos to Dr. Chen when he was President of Mooney, after telling him the planes need taller headrests . . . When they are too short for a 5'3" woman to use when sleeping, they are just too short . . . . .

[RobertGary1]

Had that happen to me once. I pulled out my O2 meter and registered in the 30's for me! Dropped down in altitude. Never did figure out what happened but I had the O2 tank purged. The O2 didn't have the tradition "dry" smell to it. I suspected I got air instead but I've been told the fittings should make that impossible. Never had an issue since.

Had a raging headache the rest of the day.

-Robert

Edited June 25, 2019 by RobertGary1

[kris_adams]

Sometimes I wish my passengers would fall asleep lol.  While flying as a kid I slept all the time.  Now my passengers hardly ever sleep.  Maybe its lack of confidence in me lol.

[DanM20C]

I fell asleep once in my Mooney.  I don't recommend it.

As a kid we did some trips in a Travelair.  The drone with the props slightly out of sync was like anesthesia, I never slept so good.

Cheers,

Dan