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Are they scared of flying or something?
flown with a few like that..worse story was when FCO went out in fog during descent sir got out of his seat and locked himself in the forward lav until he heard the nose gear lock down - the copilots had headed north across the alps as the Po valley was also fog bound.
Had one guy on long range who was a nervous wreck and after we had done our stint as enlarging crew spent the next 6 hours sitting in first class rather than in the crew bunk - died a few months after he took his pension.
Had a mate who slept on the floor at home and flew on tranquillisers..had a bad skin disease caused by stress..changed airlines and became fleet chief..skin cleared up and told me he made his mates check pilots and wrote his own rosters with experienced first officers and only flew to safe destinations in good weather.
The profession isn’t for everyone- it’s handy that nowadays automatics have taken over and one doesn’t have so much responsibility nor need the skills.