Thread: ITA A330 Pilots were both sleeping
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Old 06-04-2022 | 04:45 AM
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Originally Posted by AirBear
Flight on ITA from US to Rome, F/O was on a designated sleep break. The Captain fell asleep so no one answered radio calls for 10 minutes. Just as fighters were about to be scrambled the Captain wakes up and responds. On the ground he claimed it was radio failure but Mx said they were working fine. He got fired:

https://youtu.be/fjc62Gp2ANU
Happens more often than you would want to know. 99% of the time with no consequences.
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