Sydney to LA on the a380 qantas run two complete flight crews. One handles takeoff and landing. The other handles the middle bit. Crew 1 sleeps in the middle.
For takeoff and landing there is always an extra officer on the flight deck whose job is only to watch the other three and pick up any errors or irregularities. A friend is a pilot with them. On Sun, Feb 24, 2019, 2:08 PM archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 15:28:45 -0500 > "arche...@embarqmail.com" <arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > > > Pilot asleep at controls of 747. > > > > https://www.instagram.com/p/BuHB1AyHpUM/ > > > Gerry wrote: > I don't see how airline pilots stay awake on long flights with the > autopilots flying the plane. Do they take turns napping? Read books? Play > games? Seems like a boring job most of the time. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
