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Old 5th May 2011 | 20:41
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Falling asleep at the controls?

Probably never covered in this forum but has anyone fallen asleep while flying?

A few years back I was flying a Seneca Five for a non pilot owner back from Dublin.

He the only other occupant was up front with me the sole pilot.
In the airway FL110 heading south East on autopilot I was very aware of the humming of the engines.

My eyes got heavier and heavier and I struglled to keep them open.
Next second I felt a sharp dig in the ribs with the concerned comment that the owner had thought i had died

Oh well had I not woken up we would have arrived near Paris

As a slightly different topic anyone else fallen asleep at the controls ?

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