Sleeping Cessna pilot sparked a mid air emergency over S E Qld.

[bob10]

He overflew Redcliffe Airport, eventually landed at the Gold Coast.

Sleeping Cessna pilot sparked mid-air emergency over SEQ (inqld.com.au) (https://inqld.com.au/news/2021/05/26/sleeping-cessna-pilot-sparked-mid-air-emergency-over-seq/)

[superquag]

Take Fatigue Management seriously... it's not just applicable for long haul truckers !

- Take a talkative mate...
- $45 for a Pulse Oximeter, - and use it !

Last resort.... O2 bottle and use it at 10K + [biggrin]

Son in the transport industry tells of some new tech available for retro-fitting in Big Trucks. Total driver monitoring, registers body movement... degree of, velocity, head movement including eyeballs. Apparantly a 'must-have' if you want to win $$$$$$$ contracts.

[RANDLOVER]

The ATSB has ruled a Gulfstream crash in Qld was due to a "sleeping" pilot but due to hypoxia....
Final report into fatal outback plane crash blames pressure issue for lack of oxygen, finds operator AGAIR was aware - ABC News (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-19/atsb-final-report-fatal-plane-crash-outback-qld-2023/105435330)

[Eevo]

Take Fatigue Management seriously... it's not just applicable for long haul truckers !

- $45 for a Pulse Oximeter, - and use it !



how would this help?
was he above 14,000 feet?

[superquag]

how would this help?
was he above 14,000 feet?

It wouldn't, if it wasn't in constant use... merely a hi-tech version of checking your fingernails for pinkness drifting towards blue... NOT as satisfactory as a RELIABLY working Pressurisation system !

Is the company going to get belted by a feather ? Or something more serious...