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Myself, I think this would be safer. I disagree with the other pilot (but I'm only PPL) on his views about sleeping during boring stages of flight. Say for in
by TheAnimus 13y ago
Myself, I think this would be safer.
I disagree with the other pilot (but I'm only PPL) on his views about sleeping during boring stages of flight. Say for instance you've piloted badly into a CB, you suffer a freezing on your pitot static systems. The autopilot disengages.
If you were asleep, it might take a while for you to get your act together, co-ordinate to ascertain who has the flight controls and start CRM procedures.
If you were wide awake, thinking how to solve this tricksy problem, you might do a better job as your mind is already warmed up!
- andrewflnr 13y agoPersonally, it takes me a long time to disengage my mind from "this tricksy problem" and bring it back around to real life. I suspect this delay is comparable to that for waking up with adrenalin. Anyway, no matter what, the policy is probably going to be that at least one pilot is awake with their mind on the job at all times.