Sleeping pilots get the nod

SINGAPORE - More than 20 airlines around the globe have allowed their pilots to sleep in the cockpit while flying, according …

SINGAPORE - More than 20 airlines around the globe have allowed their pilots to sleep in the cockpit while flying, according to an aviation report received here yesterday.

Air New Zealand, Qantas, Swissair, Lufthansa, British Airways, Finnair and South African Airways were named in the report as among airlines which have introduced cockpit naps.

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