(Source: Reuters, March 5, 2012)
NEW YORK — Many people have fought the urge to fall asleep during a boring meeting or the mid-afternoon slump but the problem seems to be more prevalent among airline pilots and train operators. About a quarter of pilots and 23 percent of train operators questioned in a National Sleep Foundation poll admitted that sleepiness had affected their job performance, compared to 17 percent of non-transportation workers. And about 20 percent of members of both professions said they had made a serious error on the job because of their sleepiness.
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