Where does this leave Professional Pilots ??
You get up at 7am or so - see the kids to school, perhaps, if you are very lucky, grab a short nap in the afternoon and then fly down to the Med that night and over the fence in the morning - basically awake for over 24 hours !!!! Oh, and in addition, you drive home !!!
Headline news today !!
>> The motorist accused of falling asleep and causing the Selby train crash has been convicted of 10 charges of causing death by dangerous driving.
The judge, Mr Justice Mackay, said it was inevitable that he would receive a substantial prison term."
He had not had enough sleep, said Professor James Horne, Britain's leading authority on sleep-related road smashes, he could not have maintained alert driving. Hart stayed up all night talking to a woman on the phone.
Prof. Horne said, "He had a nap the previous afternoon which I don't think had much effect - I find it very difficult to see how he could have maintained alert driving.
Asked if his lack of sleep was relevant, Prof Horne told Leeds Crown Court: "Yes - if he had been awake for the previous 24 hours, I don't really see how he could have driven. <<