I can think of few jobs that actually permit sleeping on the job, i.e. firefighters while awaiting calls. I am not comfortable with a pilot being asleep if he/she is sitting in the captain's or co-pilot's seat. Call me old fashioned, but I don't it is appropriate or safe to allow pilots to sleep while on duty.
Mark - 8 years ago
Long distance flights, those of more than 12 hours, require four pilots in a two-pilot airliner. If you fly from Atlanta, GA to Seoul, South Korea, you will have different pilots landing than those who took off. So the argument is moot. In flights between 8-12 hours, there is a third pilot to take over the left seat from the captain after the first officer napped during the flight. This is according to US regulations, so other nations may have different requirements.
Adam - 8 years ago
This is a dumb poll seeing that they are allowed to sleep on long commercial flights. Why would you want a tired pilot flying the plane?
I can think of few jobs that actually permit sleeping on the job, i.e. firefighters while awaiting calls. I am not comfortable with a pilot being asleep if he/she is sitting in the captain's or co-pilot's seat. Call me old fashioned, but I don't it is appropriate or safe to allow pilots to sleep while on duty.
Long distance flights, those of more than 12 hours, require four pilots in a two-pilot airliner. If you fly from Atlanta, GA to Seoul, South Korea, you will have different pilots landing than those who took off. So the argument is moot. In flights between 8-12 hours, there is a third pilot to take over the left seat from the captain after the first officer napped during the flight. This is according to US regulations, so other nations may have different requirements.
This is a dumb poll seeing that they are allowed to sleep on long commercial flights. Why would you want a tired pilot flying the plane?