Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Yes. Lucky to this day. When NASA did the study on planned naps in the cockpit, they found that planned naps reduced the number of "micronaps" experienced by pilots from hundreds to a few dozen. Even with planned naps however, many of the micronaps were experienced low to the ground on approach.
We're asking pilots to do things that the human body simply cannot do without involuntarily shutting down from seconds to minutes. Making excuses for it is idiocy.
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Carl
That's a lot of luck, but ok. Sure. Every time you go on an Asia trip you're asking your body to do something it's not supposed to do. Same thing. Random naps here and there. Pilots taking sleeping pills to force rest. Somehow though, that's different.
Disclaimer-The sleeping pills statement was a general statement. I'm not saying that you do that.