Yikes!
To: Aeronaut
2 posted on
02/20/2008 7:26:52 PM PST by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: Straight Vermonter
Oh boy, they got some explaining to do........
To: Straight Vermonter
That would be almost funny if the CVR recorded snoring.
5 posted on
02/20/2008 7:32:51 PM PST by
ElkGroveDan
(When you choose the lesser of two evils, you still have evil.)
To: Straight Vermonter; AnAmericanMother; Paleo Conservative; aculeus; Billthedrill
Hours of boredom &c — but nodding off is damned bad form.
;-)
8 posted on
02/20/2008 7:34:24 PM PST by
dighton
To: Straight Vermonter
Changing their name to Go to Sleep Airlines
9 posted on
02/20/2008 7:34:43 PM PST by
Kirkwood
To: Straight Vermonter
Dave Barry wrote a column years ago about this very subject.
If I recall correctly, his flight had overflown San Francisco over the Farillon Islands. After the flight, he rode in the same shuttle bus with the crew, and they were talking about it and wondering if anyone would find out. It was quite amusing, unless you were on the flight. I think the column was titled something like “Things You Don’t Want To Know”.
10 posted on
02/20/2008 7:36:44 PM PST by
TommyDale
(Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
To: Straight Vermonter; Slings and Arrows; MeekOneGOP
ROTFL
Bump
12 posted on
02/20/2008 7:38:50 PM PST by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: Straight Vermonter
Back in the 80s I was on a cargo flight with US Air as a passenger. Since it was a cargo flight there were no passenger seats. I rode in the cockpit in jumpseat behind the pilot. We took off around midnight landed at the hub in Columbus, OH and took on more cargo, and left for the West coast. Somewhere over the Rockies I awoke to find the pilot, co-pilot and flight engineer all passed out. I kicked the pilots seat and, much to his displeasure, woke him up and asked if someone besides the auotpilot should be awake.
I'm afraid pilots asleep at the controls happens a lot more than we know.
13 posted on
02/20/2008 7:41:36 PM PST by
The Sons of Liberty
(HRC: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.")
To: Straight Vermonter
The FAA will require an alarm clock in all cockpits.
To: Straight Vermonter
So how long was the flight from one island to the other?
17 posted on
02/20/2008 7:43:59 PM PST by
SkyDancer
("There is no distinctly Native American criminal class...save Congress - Mark Twain")
To: Straight Vermonter
Nothing can go wrong, go wrong, go wrong....
21 posted on
02/20/2008 8:06:31 PM PST by
chaosagent
(Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
To: Straight Vermonter
22 posted on
02/20/2008 8:07:09 PM PST by
trumandogz
("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
To: Straight Vermonter; Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Geez, couldn’t they take turns napping?? And per post 18 it was a very short flight anyway.
To: Straight Vermonter
I have heard of this by cross country freighters. They put it on auto pilot and fall asleep. They wake up over the Pacific Ocean.
To: Straight Vermonter
Otto was awake though.
33 posted on
02/21/2008 5:55:36 AM PST by
Always Right
(Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
To: Straight Vermonter
Trains are being equipped with an anti-sleeping alarm that goes off every so often and must be acknowledged within a certain time (ten seconds or so) or it engages the brakes.
I don't know if something similar could be developed for airliners. (Yes, I realize this is an airplane and not a train, which is why I used the word "similar".)
35 posted on
02/21/2008 8:16:22 AM PST by
TChris
("if somebody agrees with me 70% of the time, rather than 100%, that doesn’t make him my enemy." -RR)
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