Shhhh, Don't Wake Him Up... He's Flying A Plane!!

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I'm a big chicken when it comes to air travel. During flights, I'm the guy gripping the seat for dear life and blurting out, every five minutes, "Is that supposed to happen?", or "What's that sound?". People wear headphones to avoid conversation with me... I'm that guy!

So you can imagine my dismay when I read this article: Click Here!

A 53 year old commercial airline pilot was fired after investigators determined he took regular naps while flying airplanes! He and his first officer got caught when they accidentally overshot their destination while sleeping...

Yeah, I needed to hear this!

I guess we can add snoring to my list of suspicious noises to look out for.

My favorite part of the article is at the end when the pilot denies "accidentally" falling asleep during flights. Yeah, to be fair, in his defense, he's only fallen asleep on purpose!

Maybe this ought to be the new air crew uniform:

Happy Holidays!

--Scott.