Do Pilots Get Enough Sleep?

Lindsey Parnaby/European Pressphoto AgencyIn the case of the wayward Northwest plane that overshot its destination, Minneapolis, by 150 miles, investigators are looking into whether the pilots were asleep when they were out of communication with controllers for an hour. The plane landed safely, and the pilots said they were engaged in a heated discussion and had lost “situational awareness.” Pilot fatigue is a common problem, one that investigators consider in all flight safety inquiries. It was

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Do Pilots Get Enough Sleep?