Originally Posted by
ImSoSuss
A lot of foreign airlines allow one pilot at a time nap at cruise. Maybe that is what the U.S. should allow in conjunction to raising the retirement age?
We should do that now, even a 20 minute nap has clear restorative effects. But not as a substitute for an IRO, and not out of the cockpit.
I think the FAA is afraid of public and media hysteria if they go there. I can visualize the SNL skit...