He admitted about a quarter of pilots, airlines and about 23 percent of drivers surveyed conducted by the National Foundation for Research on sleep that sleepiness affects the performance of their jobs compared to 17 percent of workers in areas other than transportation.
He said about 20 percent of the pilots and train drivers they have committed serious errors in their work because of sleepiness.
Said David Cloud, CEO of the Foundation based in the Virginia-based "margin of error in these two professions is very small. Staff must transport their sleep organization to perform their best."
Also, the number of car accidents experienced by train drivers and pilots because of sleepiness when driving their cars on their way going or returning from work six times greater than accidents involving other employees.
It may be a working system the pilots and train drivers and travel for long periods of time a source of sleep disturbance, just like doctors, nurses and others who are working throughout the day.
According to the Foundation that the lack of sleep is a common problem with one of every ten Americans admitted that Agalbhm sleep at the wrong time while driving a car or in a meeting.
But the largest number of transport workers. Half of the pilots and train drivers' two-thirds of those surveyed said they rarely get to sleep during periods of healthy Manaobachm night workers more than others.
And lack of sleep has an effect on cognition and risk assessment and problem solving, response time and mood.
The survey, conducted by WB & A Market Research for more than a thousand adults, including 292 miners were working in areas other than transport and 202 pilots and 203 truck drivers and 180 drivers and 210 drivers of trains, buses, taxis and tourist taxis.
Source: Reuters