pilotyip
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In the late 80's the NTSB did a study of sleep in the cockpit, looking at instances of ?Micro Napping?. This where you have no control over falling asleep and blacking out due to being fatigued. . What they found was at int'l carriers where controlled napping was allowed in cruise, there were no instances of Micro napping from start of descent to the gate. On US Air carriers there was 147 cases of Micro Napping from the start of descent to the gate. Including 4 cases of micro napping where both pilots dropped off at the same time. The danger is not missing the call because of controlled napping, but missing the call because of uncontrolled napping.
BTW the FAA rejected the NTSB recommendation of setting napping policy, because it was un-American to sleep on the job.
BTW the FAA rejected the NTSB recommendation of setting napping policy, because it was un-American to sleep on the job.