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? btw, I see a lot of head nods from my younger FOs in the middle of the afternoon too.
No doubt, with every airline having a sodomizer... they are extracting the most "productivity" out of us for the least amount of rest (while shifting your circadian rhythms) and unless you're superman or can fall asleep and have deep sleep at the drop of a hat, you're gonna succumb to the sandman every now and then. It's just tiresome when it happens almost every leg due to the other guy being close to retirement and the give-a-$hit meter is at an all time low.
Also, not sure controlled rest is the move either. Ask our brothers to the north how they like doing 2-man Europe TURNS on the widebody. Had a former AC guy on the jumpseat once telling me all about taking the controlled rest, only to wake up and find the other guy asleep too and next thing you know, they're being intercepted by a foreign military.