Pilots’ union says the issue has become a ‘worrying reality’ as a result of staff shortages and operation pressure
  • Bobo The Great@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Not a pilot, so of course I don’t know the kind of pressure in the cabin, but I would’ve guess it was normal?

    Like I wouldn’t exxpect someone to be 100% vigilant 100% of the time, especially in long duration flights. That’s why there’s two pilots, if you are ona clear sky, no turbulence, perfectly calm conditions, I wouldn’t see much of a differrnce in them relaxing and chatting over coffee or just a 15 minutes power nap (not on 1 and a half hours long journey of course)

    • Gustephan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      3 days ago

      I used to do design work on intra-aircraft information systems. Commercial airliners are almost entirely automated; I’d be comfortable with the pilot taking off, immediately falling asleep till just before landing, then waking up to land. Even if they are awake during the flight, 99.9% of the time the correct action for a pilot is “let autopilot cook.” Even in those 0.1% other situations, the cockpit has like 15 or 20 different systems lovingly referred to by aircrew as “bitching betty” to sound loud annoying alarms and flash bright lights at the pilots if the any part of the plane needs attention for any reason.