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Old June 28th 08, 07:48 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Larry Dighera
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Default sleeping pilot report for Air India

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:29:22 -0700 (PDT), wrote in
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I wonder which version of the story is true.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080626...t_080626122700

These incidents point to the probability that air line crew naps are
an "accepted" part of airline cockpit culture. If each pilot were
tasked with assuring the other remained awake, such incidents would be
much more improbable.