Sleepy Captain

[FN FAL]

Sounds like some good bate, but it's a true story.

I'm the PNF on a flight the other day and the Captain falls asleep for about 5-10 minutes in cruise - throw me some suggestions on how you guys would have handled it! Make it as funny or serious as you want. I played the nice guy (forgiving) FO.

If your flying skills are kind of shaky, I'd have woken up the captain.

 

[Bluto]

Where else can you work 14 to 16 hours in a challenging environment with peoples lives at stake.

Um, an emergency room?

 

[Midnight Flyer]

If your flying skills are kind of shaky, I'd have woken up the captain.

True. But the captain must trust him a little if he's willing to take a cat nap.

 

[capt. megadeth]

Yeah...like you're really going to act on it anyway


PHXFLYR

Of course...coming from a studly stallion like you.....of course I will act on it.

 

[be-400xpdriver]

I knew it was time to upgrade in the 1900 when I could read the paper, fly the plane, and work the radios while my CAPT. slept of his/her hang over.

 

[kc81900]

Sounds like some good bate, but it's a true story.

I'm the PNF on a flight the other day and the Captain falls asleep for about 5-10 minutes in cruise - throw me some suggestions on how you guys would have handled it! Make it as funny or serious as you want. I played the nice guy (forgiving) FO.

do what I did when my First officer (who was working another job to make ends meet) fell asleep LET HIM SLEEP. I woke him for final when I needed him. Are you a fellow pilot or a anal retentive check airmen wanabee

 

[49W]

Um, an emergency room?

Medical Errors - A Leading Cause of Death​

The JOURNAL of the AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (JAMA) Vol 284, No 4, July 26th 2000 article written by Dr Barbara Starfield, MD, MPH, of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, shows that medical errors may be the third leading cause of death in the United States.

The report apparently shows there are 2,000 deaths/year from unnecessary surgery; 7000 deaths/year from medication errors in hospitals; 20,000 deaths/year from other errors in hospitals; 80,000 deaths/year from infections in hospitals; 106,000 deaths/year from non-error, adverse effects of medications - these total up to 225,000 deaths per year in the US from iatrogenic causes which ranks these deaths as the # 3 killer. Iatrogenic is a term used when a patient dies as a direct result of treatments by a physician, whether it is from misdiagnosis of the ailment or from adverse drug reactions used to treat the illness. (drug reactions are the most common cause).

Scary. We don't kill that many people per year yet

 

[PHXFLYR]

Of course...coming from a studly stallion like you.....of course I will act on it.

Flunk out of CRM class again "Captain"?



PHXFLYR

 

[Tail Gunner Joe]

Flikster: if we can't talk about it here ...

this is not the place to discuss this subject..........

Okay, were do you suggest we discuss avaition related subjects

 

[flatspin7]

In the ERJ you can press and hold the RA test button (the one inside the minimums knob) and as it goes through its test it will announce "TO LOW TERRAIN!!!" That normally works like a charm.

But seriously if you are in cruise flight and he would be reading a magazine anyway , Let him sleep!!!!!

Normally at the top of decent just let the altitude alterter go off and the he will wake up!

No need to be an A$$ about it, there are times when we all can be well served by a little catnap

 

[Kaman]

Hello,
I'm with the 1900 driver above. If you can fly, navigate, work the radios while the Captain does a crossword puzzle you are pretty much ready to upgrade. In fact, I was happy that the Captain I was flying with trusted me enough or had the skills as a leader to let me run the show under his still watchful eye.

regards,

ex-Navy Rotorhead

 

[Exskydiverdrivr]

OK you caught me! I admit it- I fell asleep the other day and trusted my FO who was the flying pilot, to safely get us to our destination. But since your gonna make an issue out of it, I promise not to ever do it again. I also promise from now on to take a Check-Airman position on every flight from now until you upgrade. I will question your every move,action, and thought process. You will only fly the legs I deem appropriate for you. I will correct you every time you mess up on the radio, and if you go below glideslope again I will call scheduling and have you pulled off the trip. In other words gear up. flaps up. shut up! BTW I'm not this cranky if I've had my nap. Care to renegotiate?....

 

[Thebadcat1313]

Hey FO, you too will take nap in the future. Remember, if it hasn't happened to you yet, it will, it's just a matter of time.....think about it.

 

[The Drizzle]

Forget the captain. You captains out there, how do you feel about your FOs falling asleep because of their second job they have to work to make ends meet?

 

[SSDD]

I've read some of these comments about not waking somebody up until you turn final, and I have to admit that I have some trouble relating. I mean, I've been known to inspect the inside of my eyelids from time to time, but the second I hear ATC calling us I'm back in the game.

Its never happened, but I'm not sure how I'd feel about somebody who can sleep through numerous radio calls, and a descend from cruise to pattern altitude. If you're that tired, maybe it is time for plan B...