Snoozing pilot misses landing - The Australian
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Bendigo, Australia
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You reckon someone flying for this mob can afford an iPhone......?
I did night freight from Hobart via Launceston and Devonport to Essendon in the late 70's in the same type.
We tried renting a bed in North Essendon for the six hour stopover but taxi time, cold bed, taxi time - a sleep in the empty aeroplane was better.
I did night freight from Hobart via Launceston and Devonport to Essendon in the late 70's in the same type.
We tried renting a bed in North Essendon for the six hour stopover but taxi time, cold bed, taxi time - a sleep in the empty aeroplane was better.
Sorry for my ignorance. If you're flying a multi crew aircraft and one of the pilots falls asleep during a non critical phase of flight, do they just get left alone for a bit? Or woken straight up?
Same on the rail network. If someone dozes off during loading, or even uptrack but you're wide awake and have things under control, a 15min kip is more of safety benefit than having a dead-tired Coey...
