Should pilots be able to take a nap during flights?
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keithold thanks all baggers
ANSWERS: 13
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Only on landings.
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Sure, and the co-pilot takes over while Cap grabs forty winks. That is SOP. It is when BOTH grab forty winks at the same time that I have issues with....That, and overshooting the landing strip by 115 miles. Ahhh,..guys, let's, ahh, try to stay a little more alert...shall we?
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I hope this isn't the start of a new trend, who will be doing it next? Taxi drivers, bus drivers, surgeons?
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On very long flights they carry extra crew for that reason. +5
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If copilots can relieve them.
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Sure if everyone on the plane is dead and they're flying over a desert with no people or structures around. +4
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Would you want to fly in a plane that let the pilot sleep. I sure wouldn't so the answer is absolutely not.
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Yes, but they would have too put extra crew on, for that. +5
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I understand it's commonplace but don't really like the idea. Then again, I don't like anything about flying and only will do it in an emergency.
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You would be amazed at how little goes on in the cockpit of a large commercial jet during a long haul flight. I wouldn't mind one of the pilots having a nap while the other sits there twiddling his thumbs. It's not as if he couldn't be woken at a moment's notice should the co-pilot need him.
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I don't think they were napping. I think they were arguing.
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Yes they should. Modern aircraft are perfectly capable of flying and even landing without human intervention. Pilots are basically there for passengers' peace of mind. They say flying is hours and hours of boring tedium punctuated by the occasional moment of stark terror. It'd be best if they were rested up for that moment.
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Co-pilot is there. I say on a long flight let the pilot be rested, have the two switch, besides the planes do most of the work.
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