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I made a comment a few days ago basically saying that the reasons that pilots don't do dumb things as opposed to surgeons is because their life is on the line i

• masklinn 13y ago
  As the article notes, taking a nap while flying on autopilot is extremely safe, and definitely much safer than ending up completely blown during landing.
• mikeash 13y ago
  Plenty of pilots of smaller planes do dumb things. They usually get filtered out of the system if they try to become airline pilots, but there's plenty of room for dumbness in small single-engined aircraft too, and their life is just as much on the line, if not more so, than in an airliner. A lot of dumb pilot stuff comes from overconfidence or a feeling of "it can't happen to me".
  • adestefan 13y ago
    I like to refer to that as the "Hold my beer" mentality.