Sleepy Pilots

[garf12]

On Maxim radio on sirius satalite radio they will do little factoids between songs and talk and today I heard one that said, "70% of corp. pilots have nodded off on the job." Whats everyone think of that, and how in the heck would they come up with that number?

 

[flyboyzz1]

Had a friend tell me he fell asleep flying boxes ended up over the top of ORD and had to pretend that he lost comm. Funny!

 

[TIGV]

Nodded off on the job probably means in a recliner at your local FBO.

Yah, no kidding ! Unless ' nodding off ' is a euphamism for giving the skipper a little ' air-head ' for purposes of advancement. ( insert appropriate sexual persuasion here )
Now if they were talking about us FR8 Dogs, well....... I have ' NEVER ' trapped a ' speed-snooze' on the job after an 18 hour duty day, 8 legs and ' 8 ' ( heavily quotated flight-time ) hours in the air........never.......honest.....

 

[UnstableAviator]

42.7% of statistics are made up on the spot.


Besides, if you were flying a GV and had about 14 more hours to go to your destination I'd say a nap would ne quite nice.

 

[BD King]

With tongue in cheek, TIGV admitted it. Without tongue in cheek I will admit it, but not how many times. Yes folks, times is plural. It is a rude interruption to your erotic dream when you hear center over your niffty headset at oh dark thirty in the morning saying," HELLO, HELLO, zippity do da, THIS IS YOUR WAKE UP CALL!!!!!"

 

[garf12]

I seem to remember reading a ASRS call back report where someone said that they woke up about 250 miles past their destination airport. He just fell asleep with auto pilot on.

 

[frank rizzo]

Cat napping going on all the time especially international flying the duty regs are micky mouse, but the Air transport Association doesnt want joe public to know cause it would cost the airlines alot more in hiring more people.

 

[Fuzzy_is_Hungry]

Ah come on, you can prove anything with statistics. 14% of people know that.

 

[urflyingme?!]

I knew a guy that woke up directly over his airport on his night XC once. He was also a liar.

Has anyone woken up on the 405 in LA doing 85 with 15 cars within 50ft?

 

[dhc8fo]

Pilots take cat naps in 121 as well.... I don't do it, but I have babysat one too many Captains who do it all the time. One guy we call Sleepy (as in the Dwarfs), would fall asleep in PHL taxiing to the runway. I would just take over the taxi until he woke up. Didn't want to disturb his slumber.

 

[millhouse21]

*Yawn*