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Both Pilots Asleep At Controls of Packed Passenger Jet
Two pilots flying a commercial airliner filled with passengers were both asleep at the controls last month, leaving the jet on autopilot for an unknown amount of time, British aviation authorities said. (gma.yahoo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Everybody gets behind the sleep curve once in a while. Just gut it out. If you can't stand the hours you are in the wrong profession. Jeez! Everybody in every profession has to work thru it.
After the better part of a week, why has noone suggested the return of the Flight Engineer as a solution. What are the odds of all three sleeping at once?
Absolutely no need! There are already 2 pilots and an autopilot. That's plenty of piloting to get a plane moved along at cruising altitude.
No need for anymore bodies in the cockpit (at least not pilots). Maybe bring back the flight attendants as conversationalists and bringers of coffee. Keeps everyone occupied when they would otherwise have nothing to do mid-flight, and helps maintain flight crew alertness.
No need for anymore bodies in the cockpit (at least not pilots). Maybe bring back the flight attendants as conversationalists and bringers of coffee. Keeps everyone occupied when they would otherwise have nothing to do mid-flight, and helps maintain flight crew alertness.
How about mandated in-flight crew rest: nap on break?
Let's start by not prohibiting naps at appropriate times and places where the performance of flight is not hampered by having one pilot resting.
It seems that simple, pragmatic, common-sense solutions cannot be placed into regulation.
Thus the introduction of a Rube Goldberg contraption or its equivalent into the cockpit is suggested.
Thus the introduction of a Rube Goldberg contraption or its equivalent into the cockpit is suggested.
Cheaper solution-keep a couple black beauties in the cockpit (the pills).