The pilot and co-pilot of an Airbus A319 had red faces last week when they admitted to both being asleep at the controls as their aircraft came into land at Denver after a night time flight from Baltimore. They were woken up by an air traffic controller yelling over the radio when he spotted them coming in for landing too high and too fast.
As the saying goes "I hate to wake up and find my co-pilot asleep!"
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People behaving badly, or bizarrely, are not the only things that make airlines and air travel so fascinating. Flying is fun, air travel is glamorous and it’s the source of more than its fair share of amusing incidents.
According to our publisher it's "an hilarious, ghastly, amazing and sometimes even down right worrying insight into the airline industry and the world of aviation. Packed full of trivia, gossip, stories and anecdotes it is the perfect read for a flight to a holiday destination." And who are we to argue?
Chris and I thought we'd like to share some of the amusing stories from the book and for you to tell us what has happened to you. We will also be trawling the world for yet more funny stories to keep you in the know about the crazy wacky world of airlines and flying.
According to our publisher it's "an hilarious, ghastly, amazing and sometimes even down right worrying insight into the airline industry and the world of aviation. Packed full of trivia, gossip, stories and anecdotes it is the perfect read for a flight to a holiday destination." And who are we to argue?
Chris and I thought we'd like to share some of the amusing stories from the book and for you to tell us what has happened to you. We will also be trawling the world for yet more funny stories to keep you in the know about the crazy wacky world of airlines and flying.
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A friend of mine claims he was allowed a seat in the cockpit of a flight from London to Havana once. He fell asleep soon after take-off to find the windows covered by a newspaper to keep the sun out, pilot no longer there and the co-pilot asleep!
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