Seniors: Do You Fall Asleep on Planes

Seniors: Do You Fall Asleep on Planes?
Are you in the cockpit? DENVER - Two commercial pilots allegedly fell asleep on a flight between Baltimore and Denver, with one pilot waking up to "frantic" calls from air traffic controllers warning them they were approaching the airport at twice the speed allowed. I am ALWAYS nervous about flying, though I do it to get where I cannot get by other means. But this story just about did me in! I am so glad to see I'm not alone about flying...thought I was the only one around. My daughter always looks at me with a jaundiced eye and then tells me to take a tranquilizer! lol
Senior Citizens - 18 Answers
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I'm glad I wasn't on that flight! It's a wonder that plane didn't crash.
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Yikes! What a story! I use to work in the airline industry, so I have trained myself to fall asleep immediately. I wake up and pay attention to the safety briefing (yes, each and every time!) and then go back to sleep only to awake upon landing. It's a great way to travel!
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Yes, I do fall asleep and thank God, I am not a pilot!
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My husband worked for an airline for over 30 years and could never figure out why I hate to fly.....I'm showing him this!!!
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I fall asleep every time....as soon as we hit the air, I am out.....good thing I am not in charge of anyone's life.......hehe actually i do it in the car as well.......I don't sleep well at night, so I sleep every where else........
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No, I'm too busy looking out the window,doing word searches, deciding what kind of soda I want, waiting my turn to go to the bathroom,watching other people walking up and down the aisle. I guess I'm too nervous to sleep!
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This is scary. No I have never slept on a flight.
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Heck no I wouldn't dare! If I don't grip those seat arms with all my might the plane would probably fall out of the sky.
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OH GOOD GRIEF!!! That would be scary!
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Oh, my goodness. That's a fine how do you do. I have a slight reluctance to fly, now we hear this. I have known for a long time, that the pilots go for hours without any sleep. What a close call this was. Thank goodness air traffic controllers were on the ball. Whew!!!
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Nooo! I hate flying.
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An awful story, but no, I don't ever fall asleep on planes. I wish I did ! I just got back yesterday from Egypt, and it took 30 hours of zig-zagging across the world on four different air planes to get home. I tried everything - sleeping pills, eye shade, watching boring inflight movies....but nothing worked. I got home, unpacked, and crashed for 8 hours, had some dinner, and crashed again for the entire night. Thank heavens that is over !
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I used to when I was doing a lot of long distance flying. but now all of the flight that I take are short one.
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I fall asleep on the runway! Taking off. Thank goodness I overcame my fear of flying. This could be due to too things, one total, jet lag (too many flights forward and back in one day) and tiredness, or both 'out on the town' the night before. Random drug and alcohol tests should be introduced for pilots flying both both International and National flights. So, in future, I'm going up to the cockpit, occasionally on flights, ( can't count the number , Ive' lost tract), and pop my head in to see, especially before landing!.
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I love to fly, my husband ( now deceased) worked for Eastern Air Lines as systems analyst for 30 years, so we had flight benefits, round trip was $15.00. The first time I had to pay the whole ticket price I just about had a heart attack. I never sleep on flights though. I have "faked" it if I had an annoying seatmate though.
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Not possible, its a myth I am sure, auto pilot would have disengaged as they entered controlled air space and an alarm would have sounded - beside which the flight attendants are back and forth to the cabin. A call from ATC would not have been about their speed, they would have have been given their vectors when they entered controlled airspace, so sorry it really sounds like one of those myths-
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No unless it is a 12 hr flight over the ocean, then we leave at night so we can sleep. I don't think a pilot has ever fallen asleep, but know some who were plenty hung over so were the stewerdess's many times, flying out of Lake Tahoe in prop planes.
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I tend to agree that this sounds like a legend, but I can't find it at all on urban legend sites. It is on msnbc.com dated yesterday, but is full of words like "alleged" with no corroboration from any source for an event that allegedly happened in 2004. I'm guessing Isotope knows more than the reporters. I can't seem to fall asleep in any moving vehicle.

Please help with this riddle

Please help with this riddle...?
Five friends from across the United States planned to meet at a convention in Milwaukee. Each friend came from a different city and each was employed in a different profession. Use the clues to determine the full name of each friend, their home city, and each one’s profession. 1. The doctor and Mr. Cross both arrived a day early. 2. By coincidence, the secretary from San Diego and the doctor, Ms. Forest, arrived at the hotel together. 3. The lawyer arrived late. He was delayed by a case and had to catch a later flight from Baltimore. 4. Jane, Mr. Smith, Mark, the mechanic, and the friend from Chicago all planned to spend the weekend after the convention together. Then on Monday, Ms. Trent and Tom would leave to return to work. Dan, the teacher, and Cindy would leave on Tuesday. 4. Dan Richards does not live in Baltimore. Cindy does not live in St. Louis. 5. Ms. Trent laughed when asked if she was a teacher. “No, he’s from Atlanta,” she said. “I’m from San Diego.
Jokes & Riddles - 2 Answers
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Cindy Forest, Chicago, doctor Dan Richards, St. Louis, mechanic Jane Trent, San Diego, secretary Mark Cross, Atlanta, teacher Tom Smith, Baltimore, lawyer
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Mr. Tom Cross - St. Louis - Mechanic Ms. Cindy Forest - Chicago - Doctor Ms. Jane Trent - San Diego - Secretary Mr. Mark Smith - Baltimore - Lawyer Dan Richards - Atlanta - Teacher

elapsed flying time problems

elapsed flying time problems?
1. a flight departs dallas (-6) at 1:07 pm and arrives in pensacola (-6) at 3:36 pm. what is the actual elapsed flying time? 2. a flight departs baltimore (-5) at 10:00 am and arrives in las vegas (-8) at 1:32 pm. what is the actual elapsed flying time? 3. a flight departs detroit metro (-5) at 5:30 pm and arrives in ft. myers (-5) at 10:10 pm. what is the actual elapsed flying time? 4. a flight departs atlanta (-5) at 12:01 pm and arrives in austin (-6) at 1:07 pm. what is the actual elapsed flying time? 5. a flight departs seattle (-8) at 8:45 am and arrives in calgary (-7) at 12:30 pm. what is the actual elapsed flying time? Please show how you got the answers if possible. A website that shows how to solve these type of problems would also be greatly appreciated.
Air Travel - 1 Answers
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The "minus number" is the deviation from local time in that city to Greenwich Mean Time, which is the local time in Greenwich, England that people use as a standard for travel across different time zones. It's also called Zulu (Z) time. When an airline lists its departure and arrival times, this is the local times for the departure and arrival cities. So, if you have a flight that leaves time zone -6 at 2 PM and it arrives in time zone -8 at 5 PM, the local time difference between the two cities is two hours. That is, when you leave the -6 time zone at 2 PM, it's actually only 12 noon in the -8 time zone. And, if you arrive at 5 PM, then your total time of travel is 5 hours. In the first problem, the time zone in Dallas (-6) is the same as the time zone in Pensacola (-6). So, the actual flight time is simply the arrival time minus the departure time. And, 3:36 - 1:07 = 1:29. For the second problem, you're leaving a time zone that is east of the arrival time zone by 3 hours (8 minus 5 = 3). So, when you leave Baltimore at 10:00 AM, it's actually 7:00 AM Las Vegas time. And, if the flight arrives at 1:32 PM, that's actually 6:32 hours of total flight time (7 AM to noon is 5 hours, plus the 1:32 when the plane lands). For the rest of the problems, you just need to figure out what the time difference is between arrival and departure cities (the difference between the minus numbers), determine what the actual time of departure is in the arrival city, and then add up the hours and minutes the flight actually takes.

bahamas vacations

bahamas vacations?
In 2002 I took a direct flight from Baltimore to the Bahamas. I'm not sure what the plane was called. Something like Grand Bahama or something. I can't seem to find such a plane anymore. Has anyone heard of a direct flight I guess sponsored by the Bahamas
Bahamas - 4 Answers
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Maybe Bahamasair.com?
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check out expedia.com or travelocity.com if its not there the flight doesnt exist. Bahamasair is the bahamian plane company Grand Bahama is one of the islands
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Um... Grand Bahama is the island where I live.. so that probably isn't an airline. BahamasAir is the national airlines. We have some other ones flying here too but they're from the states... (eg American Airlines, United etc)
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Like the other say ...perhaps Bahamas Air, but i do not think it goes direct..you may want to check out travel sites to get that information...and for Gods sake...do not use Orbitz

How much time should I allot for connections in Cleveland

How much time should I allot for connections in Cleveland?
Im taking a Continental flight (with no luggage-only carry on) from to Washington Reagan by way of Cleveland. My connection time is only 54 minutes, and its the last flight to Washington Reagan of the night. There are later flights to Washington Dulles and Baltimore. I have to be in Washington on that next day. Is Cleveland a reliable airport, and is Continental good about connections and getting you on a plane back home?
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Hello, Yes, yes, and yes. Cleveland is a good airport. It's not very congested compared to Denver, LA, and Atlanta. You shouldn't have any issues unless the weather gets bad. In that case, they will either delay the flight a little bit or get you on another one. That usually won't happen, though. Continental is an awesome airline. I really like flying with them. -Happy flying!