More than half of pilots have fallen asleep while in charge of a plane, a survey by a pilots' union suggests.
Of the 56% who admitted sleeping, 29% told Balpa that they had woken up to find the other pilot asleep as well.
The survey comes after it emerged that two pilots on an Airbus passenger plane were asleep at the same time, with the aircraft being flown on autopilot.
Balpa is campaigning against changes to flight-time regulations, which are to be voted on by the European Parliament.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) supports the proposals and said the incident on 13 August where both pilots were asleep was an isolated one.
In that case, a report found the pair fell asleep after both had only five hours sleep in the previous two nights.
This is the second time in two years that the survey has run that has shown consistent figures with pilots falling asleep.". »
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