You see this problem in universities and high schools and even some junior high schools. Little kids are still protected by an ethic that young children need sleep, although some parents seem to be keeping their kids up later to get quality time with them after work, then waking them up earlier to get them to preschool or day care. We need a heightened awareness that sleep affects us, as does the lack of sleep, and that our ability to function is impaired during certain times of the day. At the same time, we can't turn back the clock. What we can do is to find ways to limit what is allowable.
Regulations now say no sleeping in the cockpit.
Well, sleep happens. We've got to get beyond the idea that we can do anything anytime. Most of us can't. Interview by Jennifer Sutton Medicine's balancing act . Bob Reichley retires . . .