If you are a long haul pilot?
Darren H asked:
If you are a long haul pilot, what do you do to pass time on flights, when you have a period away from the controls do you have a meal and then go to sleep or listen to music or something.
If you are a long haul pilot, what do you do to pass time on flights, when you have a period away from the controls do you have a meal and then go to sleep or listen to music or something.
Luckily I still fly the old 737′s and we have a small window we can open. I usually take about an 1/8th of weed, a bit of baccy and some rizzlas and get high, high in the sky.
Read
Laptop
Talk with Captain or F/O
There is a rest period away from the controls. The captain and F/O both get a few hours of this (depending on the length of the flight)
Pilots will have meals, and do everything they want besides sleep while still at the controls.
Go and make whoopie with the stewardesses
My brother is a 767-300 Capt who flies out of Hawaii to the States, Australia, Philippines, many other islands, and soon non-stop to Beijing, London and Paris, He’s been doing it for over 25 years. The long haul pilots are a fraternity unto themselves. When you have a problem 5 hours into an 11 hour flight with no land for 1000+ miles, you better be on your game. Except for the occasional leg stretch or trip to the head, they don’t leave their seats. When you are responsible for a $180 million aircraft and 275+ passengers and crew, you don’t ***** around.