FAA Opens Investigation on Go! Airlines

Wasn't there a mainline flight going into Denver a little while back where both pilots fell asleep? I think I remember that being reported in the media..
 
Lemme think... 1996 then, 2008 now... ok, that's 12 years.

Back during my SYX 1900 days...

I'll admit that I was in flight, beat to death from being on leg 7 of 8 one day, and I asked the captain if I could take a 10 minute "combat nap" during his leg. So basically all he had to do is continue flying but take over my radio duties.

I was out about five minutes when I kept hearing Chicago center repeatedly call "Skyway XXXX, Chicago?"

I woke up and the skipper was asleep too. Daggummit!

The scary part is that we had no autopilot.

The GOOD part is that the 1900D is so silky smooth and stable, that we weren't more than 20 or 30 feet off of our altitude and still on course.
 
It seems amazing to me that these guys could fall asleep as the flight can't be much longer than 20 minutes. I would imagine you'd be getting the destination ATIS and preparing for the arrival while still on the climb out.

GO! pilots work day trips of 4, 6, or 8 legs per day. There's a "morning" shift and an "evening" shift. Here's an example of a typical 6 leg day:

1034 HNL-ITO 0720 0809
1035 ITO-HNL 0828 0915
1035 HNL-LIH 0935 1014
1012 LIH-HNL 1035 1109
1012 HNL-OGG 1135 1210
1004 OGG-HNL 1230 1302

The GO! pilots I know seem to love it out there. They're home every night and work shorter duty days than those on the main land.
 
The CA on that flight may have plenty of hours in the logbook, but he doesn't have a good reputation with FOs ... or other CAs. I've seen videos taken by at least two FOs of this CA falling asleep in flight ... in the morning. This is nothing new for him.

Yes, they contacted Pro Standards. Yes, he's been demoted more than once.
 
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