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Originally Posted by Martin Smith
All I know is that if I fell asleep at work, my ass would be fired on the spot. And nobody's life is in danger if I doze off.
Yea, I know you pilots have rough work hours. Join the club.
I can imagine telling my boss "it happens". What a f'ing joke.
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And your ass should probably be fired.
Next time you ride your desk down an approach to a runway in 1/2 mile vis and 200 foot overcast, with freezing fog near the ground and ice covering your wings and belly of the plane from flying into the airport area in heavy storms, pls let us know.
I did the above approach into Vukuno airport in Moscow 4 hours ago. Oh yea, forgot to mention the 22 knot crosswind and ice and snow on the runway once we got the ship on the ground. How good is your Russian while talking to air traffic controllers BTW?
99% of the time we sit in the cockpit its plain jane boring, then with moments like we had yesterday at 2 am while shooting an approach into a military base in Kazakhstan. The autopilot malfunctioned and went from a 3 degree downwards glide towards the runway to pulling the nose up 14 degrees into the air, in the space of 1.5 seconds. This was also solid IFR, in the clouds and ice, 1000 feet above the ground and in the mountains. How is that desk sounding now bucko?
Its been widely researched around the world that the flight crews taking "cat naps" from time to time makes the flight safer. Would you prefer the flight crews being rested while doing an approach to the airport or drowsy from no sleep and been up in the air for 10 hours and dog tired?
Suggest that you do some research from your nice cozy desk on the subject, or possibly take the train next time you wish to travel. Maybe you will learn something...