Being locked in a metal tube for 20 hours with more than two hundred other humans might be some people's idea of torture.
"It’s one of the big innovations that’s taking place in aviation… and it’s something that Qantas has been waiting its entire history to get to," chief executive Alan Joyce said at a press conference in New York on Friday. “Your entire metabolic system can become affected, you can become more obese and your immune function can be affected," she says. "So these interventions will mitigate that."
As the sun fades in Sydney so too will the cabin lights, and the menu will switch to creamy carbohydrate-heavy dishes to encourage sleep. Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has promised economy class passengers more legroom on the 'Project Sunrise' flights. Researchers will also take urine samples from the team of four pilots to test for melatonin, a hormone that regulates the body clock - a difficult task on regular passenger flights.
a truckload of sleeping pills and massive noise-canceling earphones
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