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Originally Posted by Pierre
I find this odd, as planes can now take off and land without the the pilot touching the controls.
There are two pilots, in much the same way as on long distance bus journeys there are two drivers - so why aren't one of the pilots sleeping for part of the journey??
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Other than at times of risk such as take-offs and landings, I can't see why it's not policy on flights of a certain length for one pilot to sleep other than security.
Remember the Egyptian flight that crashed while the co-pilot was sleeping?
There was a suggestion that it was suicide.