Apologies if already posted.
Capt Marc Dubois, 58, was sleeping off a night out with his girlfriend
I do not believe it was fatigue that caused him to leave. It was more like customary behaviour – part of the piloting culture within Air France.
Co-pilot David Robert, 37, was also dozing – leaving just crew ‘baby’ Pierre-Cedric Bonin, 32, at the controls.
If the captain had stayed in position through the inter-tropical convergence zone, it would have delayed his sleep by no more than 15 minutes, and maybe the story would have ended differently.
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'F***, we're dead': Cried Air France pilot minutes before plane crash on flight between Rio de Janeiro and Paris | Metro News