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In reply to the discussion: A plane was flying with 159 onboard. Then both pilots fell asleep. [View all]Warpy
(114,620 posts)12. The delay in NOLA was probably because the relief pilot was late
US pilots aren't worked the way they are in Indonesia. Somnolence is still a big problem, especially on long flights.
As for Starbuck's, I can't answer to how much French roast coffee they use to achieve their incinerated coffee flavor, all coffee tastes like battery acid to me. Co workers on the night shift swore they added jet fuel to it. I always wondered if the burnt flavor was used to cover up the bitter taste of extra powdered caffeine in the mix. I'll never know. I hate coffee.
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A plane was flying with 159 onboard. Then both pilots fell asleep. [View all]
brooklynite
Mar 2024
OP
I'm surprised they didn't commandeer a 1st class seat and stretch out to get that good fucking sleep.
SoFlaBro
Mar 2024
#30
Most people should be able to handle elevations above 5,000 feet unless they have severe lung disease.
Elessar Zappa
Mar 2024
#36
That's a great system. Be nice to something like that in cars and buses, too . . .
Journeyman
Mar 2024
#8
It's a terrible system because it's distracting at best and becomes part of the background noise at worst, undermining
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2024
#14
I thought it was burnt tree bark brewed with boiled horse urine myself.
ArkansasDemocrat1
Mar 2024
#25
It's not a chime, it's a terrible noise, and if you don't shut it off, it shoots the brakes.
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2024
#16
The tech is out there on private aircraft to auto-land. This is passenger activated.
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2024
#28
All the tech is there on the big airliners. They just don't feel the need to tie it together with one button ...
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2024
#37
Do I understand correctly that American commercial flights are on auto-pilot for most of the trip?
FakeNoose
Mar 2024
#13
Yeah I was thinking the same thing, since they didn't type the plane I assume Air Bus
EX500rider
Mar 2024
#22
The Dilbert emergency backup system glitched. Now they must be punished
ArkansasDemocrat1
Mar 2024
#26