But the 'Eggsperts' would say that 'Technically' the pilot would have not been asleep for the 3.5 hours or whatever it was?
Read in the past that there is a timespan before you actually are in sleep mode.
So the pilot would have maybe had less than 3 hours sleep?
Add to that a previous busy sector, A possible rush on the slot time etc, And a 'Rather' long A/c to handle on T/o.
The only person/s who know EXACTLY what went wrong were the crew on the day.
Any other speculation is inevident & meaningless.
And reading some of the previous posts, It is just pure drivel!!
The pilot obviously knew he was tired, So technically should have informed EK asap.
Maybe he did inform EK, But they pushed him around in his wheel 'Again' for another long day's work?
It sounds like EK washed their hands of the pilots as soon as they discovered it was pilot error/fatigue?
Getting rid of them before the media call round.....
But simply getting rid of the pilots who used their training and saved the lives of 280 and a bill pound A345 does not solve the problem.
Maybe if EK concentrated their time & money on their Flight crews instead of their 'OTT Cabin crews' who you see on their OTT adverts are NOTHING more special than any other Airline (They will disagree) then incidents like this may be preventable.
It's common knowledge that when you are in the middle east expect to come 2nd place to a lady!!
So guys if you ever have to repeat this incident - Don't expect ANY form of thank you for it!!
Arabs - They never change their stripes!! Lol.