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- GRAPEVINE, Page 15This Is Your Captain Snoring
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- By SIDNEY URQUHART/ Reported by Daniel S. Levy
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- The law forbids airline cockpit crews to sleep in flight,
- but weary pilots have been known to nod off on occasion. Crew
- fatigue is increasing because today's jumbo jets can remain
- airborne for 17 hours and longer. As a result, experts at NASA
- and the Federal Aviation Administration have decided that it's
- time to change the rules to allow for preplanned, in-flight
- napping by one crew member at a time. The pilots would then be
- refreshed for descent and landing. The rule change might also
- help discourage the use of pep pills or other drugs.
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