On Apr 15, 2011, at 1:41 26PM, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
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> On Apr 15, 2011, at 12:44 PM, Mark Green wrote:
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>> Suggestion; once on the 'night shift' stay put for at least three months...
>> Sleep patterns take time to adjust. Jumping between day and night shifts
>> will burn out even the most motivated employee.
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> What we found was that we would find people who wanted to be on the night
> shift, and would NOT like to be changed, at all. Some people like night
> work, or have family situations where it is ideal for them.
>
Yah. Read the current news coverage about sleeping U.S. air traffic
controllers, especially the articles about how hard it is to switch shifts, and
very especially if you do it often.
--Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
