The crews are each three people on the 380. So there are six officers aboard the long haul flights. On Qantas anyway.
There is considerable variation in crew training and staffing levels between airlines. I am sure other airlines fly similar routes with less manpower. Sleeping at the stick is never going to be a good look. Reminds me of the Payne Stewart crash: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_South_Dakota_Learjet_crash On Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 12:58 PM Larry Turner via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > What I think he said was: a full crew (#1) handled the plane during > landing/take-off while the other rested, then Crew #2 that was resting > handled the duties during the middle part of the flight. I think a > crew consists of 3 to 5 or more members depending on the plane. > > On 2/25/2019 3:30 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > > So are you saying that in essence, the sleeping pilot is nothing to worry > > about? > > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:49 AM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> 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 > >> > >> > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
