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Your airliner is in good hands ... http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-up ... 2750a9eda1

Maybe the fighter jet pilot saw a head bobbing up and down ... and left it out of his report.


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They sleep,all the time but usually one at a time, I knew as I am the flying spanner.
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I read somewhere that around 40 seconds after take off they switch to auto pilot and switch off a couple of minutes before landing
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Even with autopilot you don't want them both sleeping.

Difficulties getting out of the auto mode were responsible for two of the early Airbus crashes on landing, lack of proper training if I recall correctly. The silly things that cause disasters.

Nothing beats the Siberian crash though, captain's kid in the pilot seat ...
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