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Coping with time changes
24 March 2018
Dr Rob Hunter
BALPA Head of Flight Safety
As the clocks change, we look at how pilots cope with crossing timezones and disturbances to their body clocks.
#clocks
#jet
#lag
#pilot
#time
#zone
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