Sleepy Captain

[Filkster]

I don't know one professional pilot who would intentionally sleep


If you've got someone who habitually drops off, it is your duty to him/her to have a talk with that person.

Ok MR. pro standards... I know many very professional pilots that intentionally take a nap on long legs. Both NASA and the FAA know and have proven that a short nap sharpens a pilot mentally for the approach/landing. After one too many short overnights listening to sirens and gun shots all night, many would rather be sharp for the part of the flight where most of the accidents occur.

just my 2 cents.

 

[F/O]

It's called an "overhead panel inspection."

 

[hawk16e]

Let him sleep until you need him. I would much rather have him asleep at 330 through Houston and Monterrey centers and awake at 12000 on the DME arc into Toluca than the other way around. Thousands are flying pt 135 single pilot. Certainly you can fly an airway.

 

[cxcap]

One time I decided to take a little nap heading from CLE to LGA. I woke up and looked to my right only to find the F/O doing a little "overhead panel inspection" of his own. I looked outside and saw nothing but blue water and thats when I realized we had overflown LGA by about 200 miles. Luckily we were able to bust a U turn and make it back with enough fuel. I still have to wonder if any of the passengers noticed.

 

[Midnight Flyer]

One time I decided to take a little nap heading from CLE to LGA. I woke up and looked to my right only to find the F/O doing a little "overhead panel inspection" of his own. I looked outside and saw nothing but blue water and thats when I realized we had overflown LGA by about 200 miles. Luckily we were able to bust a U turn and make it back with enough fuel. I still have to wonder if any of the passengers noticed.

And you're still employed? I call bull$hit on that story!!

 

[jeroom]

One time I decided to take a little nap heading from CLE to LGA. I woke up and looked to my right only to find the F/O doing a little "overhead panel inspection" of his own. I looked outside and saw nothing but blue water and thats when I realized we had overflown LGA by about 200 miles. Luckily we were able to bust a U turn and make it back with enough fuel. I still have to wonder if any of the passengers noticed.

I wonder what happened to oyu after landing if you tell the truth here...

 

[jeroom]

Remember that story about that single pilot in a cheyenne crossing the gulf of Mexico asleep and waking up without enough fuel to join the shore... When was that??

 

[satpak77]

One time I decided to take a little nap heading from CLE to LGA. I woke up and looked to my right only to find the F/O doing a little "overhead panel inspection" of his own. I looked outside and saw nothing but blue water and thats when I realized we had overflown LGA by about 200 miles. Luckily we were able to bust a U turn and make it back with enough fuel. I still have to wonder if any of the passengers noticed.

ICEMAN - cough cough BS

CLE to LGA is 362 straight line, so you are telling me with you and the "F/O", denoting a likely 121 airline, you flew 200 miles PAST LGA, then 200 BACK, a total of 400 extra miles (the U-turn was longer than the actual trip?) and you had fuel to make it back, and you ask if the passengers "noticed"

whatever, chock this up as Post #48 in your 4 years as an FI member

go back to your cave

 

[speedbird1974]

Nothing worst than waking up to find out the captain and the fe are sleeping too!!

 

[Nancy Pryor]

Nothing worst than waking up to find out the captain and the fe are sleeping too!!

Well, there is one thing worse. Waking up to find out the FO and FE are sleeping too.