The Comair crash reminds me...

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:


"Ron Lee" wrote in message
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Traffic count at 6 AM on Sunday? yea right.


Disbelief? Traffic is counted at hourly intervals. The accident occurred
just after the hour.


Disbelief that there is a significant amount of traffic at that time
to result in a major workload.

Ron Lee

"Ron Lee" wrote in message
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Disbelief that there is a significant amount of traffic at that time
to result in a major workload.


Well, there must have been some or there would have been nothing to count.
Nobody said it was a major workload.

Bob Noel wrote:
In article ,
Newps wrote:

"Traffic count" is a euphemism for not paying attention.

as is "I was on the landline"

A friend and I in college bet on how many times tower would tell us that
in one flight.

Peter R. wrote:
John Gaquin wrote:


The only time time I stayed in noisy hotels was long, long ago when I was
travelling on the cheap, and it had less to do with the hotel than the
surrounding neighborhood..


For the last 13 years I have traveled just about every business week.
Early on I learned to carry with me a Sharper Image travel-sized white
noise radio. This device, which omits white noise similar to a waterfall
when switched on, has been responsible for many a restful night's sleep,
including one week at a very loud Brooklyn, NY, hotel.

I would suspect that most experienced travelers, including airline pilots,
do something similar.

I find earplugs are useful for getting sleep in noisy environments. I
worked this out when I was a college student, and hence would avoid
getting out of bed before 10am if at all possible, and there was a baby
staying in the house. Earplugs worked well. Ever since when working
nights during vintage they have been the go, and I always travel with
them. Infact people have commented that I sleep like I am dead!!

James wrote:

I find earplugs are useful for getting sleep in noisy environments.

I have tried earplugs and, as strange as this is going to read, I found
that my internal noises, like breathing and swallowing, were actually loud
enough to be distracting with them in. You don't realize how loud our
normal functions are until you block out all external noises.


--
Peter

Peter R. wrote:

I have tried earplugs and, as strange as this is going to read, I found
that my internal noises, like breathing and swallowing, were actually loud
enough to be distracting with them in. You don't realize how loud our
normal functions are until you block out all external noises.


Are you absolutely certain you're keeping all those "internal noises" internal?




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote:

Are you absolutely certain you're keeping all those "internal noises"
internal?

Not all of them, no.

--
Peter

"Peter R." wrote in message
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James wrote:

I find earplugs are useful for getting sleep in noisy environments.

I have tried earplugs and, as strange as this is going to read, I found
that my internal noises, like breathing and swallowing, were actually loud
enough to be distracting with them in. You don't realize how loud our
normal functions are until you block out all external noises.


Like a fart in church?

"Peter R." wrote

I have tried earplugs and, as strange as this is going to read, I found
that my internal noises, like breathing and swallowing, were actually loud
enough to be distracting with them in. You don't realize how loud our
normal functions are until you block out all external noises.

You should fly for a while without hearing protection. You get the benefit
two ways

One, you will be half deaf, and will not hear most noises, and second, you
might get tinnitus (high pitched ringing in the ears) and the high pitches
screaming in your ear will drown out the other body noises !

Just kidding, everyone. Don't go out there and do this. There is nothing
good to what I described. I know, I live it! :-(
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:
"Peter R." wrote

I have tried earplugs and, as strange as this is going to read, I found
that my internal noises, like breathing and swallowing, were actually loud
enough to be distracting with them in. You don't realize how loud our
normal functions are until you block out all external noises.

You should fly for a while without hearing protection. You get the benefit
two ways

One, you will be half deaf, and will not hear most noises, and second, you
might get tinnitus (high pitched ringing in the ears) and the high pitches
screaming in your ear will drown out the other body noises !

Just kidding, everyone. Don't go out there and do this. There is nothing
good to what I described. I know, I live it! :-(

I have very slightly hearing loss due to multiple ear infections as a
child. It's only noticeable during testing, but according to my doctor,
my brain makes up for the the hearing loss in the high frequencies by
being overly effective in the lower frequencies. Makes the noise of my
neighbor's air conditioning unbearable.