Idiot pilot, asleep at the stick in front of Feds.

"Tobias Mock" wrote in message
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An official from the Transport Ministry [...] woke the pilot after he
fell
asleep as the plane was cruising [...], but he dozed off again and had
to be awakened, by splashing water over his head, a second time.

I'm just wondering what frightens me more, a sleeping pilot or a
government official splashing a bin of water through the cockpit...


I'm sure there was no bin of water..... probably just flicked a few drops
with his finger from a cup.

I'm sure there was no bin of water..... probably just flicked a few drops
with his finger from a cup.

Let's not forget that this was a Japanese cockpit and a Japanese
bureaucrat. Different folks, different strokes.

(The first time he awakened the pilot, he did so by tapping the
co-pilot on the shoulder. The co-pilot looked over, saw the captain
sleeping, and began "screaming" at him, according to the report. I
doubt an American first officer would scream at his captain.)


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"Cub Driver" wrote in message

(The first time he awakened the pilot, he did so by tapping the
co-pilot on the shoulder. The co-pilot looked over, saw the captain
sleeping, and began "screaming" at him, according to the report. I
doubt an American first officer would scream at his captain.)

No, you're right there. Several times, on both sides of the pedastal, I
woke the other guy by simply calling his name.

Nor would a Japanese F/O scream, in the absence of the check pilot. But
since they had been caught, the F/O had to make himself look bad (for his
failure in "allowing" the Cpt to doze off) by the rude and crude yelling.
Absent the check pilot, more subtlety would have been in order. Have the
F/A slam the cockpit door, perhaps, then apologize profusely for her
clumsiness.