Feb 7 1993
From The Space Library
The Federal Aviation Administration was studying a controversial proposal to improve pilot alertness and performance by scheduling naps in the cockpit on long-haul flights. The proposed nap policy would apply only to three-pilot crews; two pilots would be on duty at all times while the third one slept. At least one union representing pilots strongly objected, charging that the proposal would sacrifice public safety, while allowing the airlines to save money by reducing the number of pilots.
A NASA study of log books kept by pilots and published in December 1991 reported that pilots took naps in the cockpit 11 percent of the time they were on duty. (Boston Sunday Globe, Feb 7/93)
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