Am I the only one to say BFD:

That is what the other guy is there for... to fly while the Capitan takes a
nap. (one of the MANY odd jobs of the Switch Bitch)

Short hops with some livestock in the back barely constitutes the need for a
fully alert second pilot anyway. If things go bad, I am sure the Capitan
would wake up in no time and take care of business.

I never met a freight dog that didn't catch some ZZZZs while I (an
inexperienced passenger) flew.
I have flown lots of times when the "pilot in command" was zonked.
Try flying to lunch with an older pilot... 5 buck says he naps on the way
back. By FAA regs his ratings may make him PIC.

People are way to anal about flying.


"Toks Desalu" wrote in message
news:3f182685@shknews01...
Guys!
You could not believe what I saw on CNN before I left for work. I
missed
the beginning of the segment, but I understood the whole story. A
passenger
was fliming during the flight. That film was showing on CNN. The pilot got
caught sleeping while flying. The pilot did not wear the headset. I
noticed
that he was wearing a ear plug. You could see his head tilt backward with
his left eye closed. The passenger claimed that he was filming him
sleeping
for about one hour. At the end of segment, the CNN went to FAA for
comments
and the FAA claimed that it was against the regulation. FAA claimed that
the
pilot must be awake and his must be on the control at all the time. There
is
no way to tell what kind of aircraft but, it was pretty clear that it is
under general aviation, a high wing with mulit-engine(propeller) aircraft.
Also, because of pilot's uniform, and other passengers, it indicated that
it
is under part 121 operation. But, I could be wrong. I have no idea where
the
flight was but the reporter said he/she was reporting from West Palm
Beach,
Florida.
Here my questions:
Can you believe this?
I studied regulation back in college and don't remember any specific
regulation that said the hand must be at control at all time. Anybody can
point it out?
Why they really want to make us look bad?
Feel free to comment on this.

Toks
PP_ASEL