How to Sleep on Airplanes [Paperback]

John Stallcup (Author), Evan Stallcup (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 16, 2002

This is a well-researched combination of effective techniques, practical application of sleep biology, and experience. Learn How to Sleep on Airplanes by following these step-by-step, tried and true methods.

Learn how to plan and prepare for your travel time, how to relax and set the stage for sleep in your airplane seat, what to wear, what tools and accessories help make sleeping easier, what to avoid eating and drinking, and how best to minimize jet lag.

This easy to use, technique-oriented handbook can help almost anyone turn air travel into a positive and health promoting experience.

Editorial Reviews

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...written cleanly and clearly– easy to understand and appreciate. Don’t leave home without it! We rated it five hearts! -- Bob Spear, Heartland Reviews, October 12, 2000

About the Author

John Stallcup has spent over 20 years as a marketing and operations executive, first as a brand manager and then in mid and upper management for a variety of domestic and multinational enterprises including a stint as the GM of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Basketball Venue. John’s motivation for writing the book include a life long interest in brain physiology combined with a couple of million air miles and thousands of hours of airtime spent flying (primarily for business) as far a field as Shanghai, China; Gallup, New Mexico; and Baku, Azerbaijan. John lives in Napa, California with his wife and children.

Evan Stallcup's background includes quality assurance, team building, and writing. Evan Stallcup has dedicated his career to quality assurance and FDA compliance documentation in the medical device manufacturing sector. Evan has been lucky enough to spend much of his airtime on corporate jets and in his youth DC3s (still his favorite airplane).

Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: Syena Enterprises LLC (August 16, 2002)
• ISBN-10: 0972221913
• ISBN-13: 978-0972221917
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 3.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,869,698 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Made a lifelong non-sleeper doze on the way to Shanghai, October 25, 2002

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T. Regan (Irvine, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Sleep on Airplanes (Paperback)

The Stallcups have written a straight forward, well organized guide to relaxing and sleeping on airplanes. Their approach to relaxing and learning how to gain control in stressful traveling situations is dead on.

This guide would make an ideal gift to family and friends that are embarking on a trip. I sent my parents off to Rome with a copy of the book.

The insight into monitoring breathing enabled me to sleep on a long haul to China.

Normally, saying that a book is better than a sleeping pill would be an insult. In this case, there is no higher compliment.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No Secrets Revealed, January 3, 2007

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Patricia P. Miller (Coventry, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Sleep on Airplanes (Paperback)

This product is way overpriced, for what is basically a pamphlet! ($8.95 plus shipping.) I was shocked when I received it. I found it to be not much more than common sense relaxation techniques. I didn't really learn anything. Very disappointing, as we do a lot of traveling.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Speed the Flight, July 15, 2003

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Dan Poynter "Author-Publisher-Speaker" (Santa Barbara, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Sleep on Airplanes (Paperback)

If you can sleep on the plane, the time will pass faster and you will be more rested on your arrival. Any work (or sleep) you can do enroute, will not be waiting or you at home.

The authors cover more than sleeping on planes: preparation, diet, napping in airports and much more. The appendix has resources for additional specific information.

Prior to reading this book, I would try to sleep while sitting in a passenger seat--usually dreaming that I had a broken neck.
:)

As a frequent traveler (150-200 planes/year), I found this book to be fascinating and comforting.

Dan Poynter