WEBVTT - MINI: Former Bachelor / Current Pilot Jimmy Nicholson answers all our burning flying questions ✈️

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<v Speaker 1>We've been doing a bit of due diligence around a

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<v Speaker 1>story that's going viral about two pilots on Batick Air

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<v Speaker 1>that fell asleep simultaneously while they're flying one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifty eight people, which seems inconceivable, like you have one job,

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<v Speaker 1>probably to stay awake and fly the plane. But it

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<v Speaker 1>made me wonder how common is this? So we thought

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<v Speaker 1>who better to ask than our very own bachelor Australia,

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<v Speaker 1>Jimmy Nicholson. He's a pilot, he's on the line. I

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<v Speaker 1>think he's overseas flying around somewhere now.

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<v Speaker 2>Jimmy, Hello, guys, how are you going?

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<v Speaker 3>We're good, but also I need to know have you

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<v Speaker 3>ever Oh you're not going to be able to answer

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<v Speaker 3>this honestly though, So there's a there's a study that

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<v Speaker 3>says fifty six percent of pilots have admitted to falling

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<v Speaker 3>asleep whilst flying a plane, but not sleep. Yes, you're

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<v Speaker 3>going to say no.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't confirm or deny whether this story was me,

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<v Speaker 2>but I do have a story that might shine some

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<v Speaker 2>light on this can fill a topic. So there was

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<v Speaker 2>a there may have may not have been a first off.

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<v Speaker 2>So two pilots flying together one day and one of

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<v Speaker 2>them looked over and realized that the other one was asleep.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a few scenarios on board aeroplanes that will get

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<v Speaker 2>your attention if you're a pilot, and the main one

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<v Speaker 2>is any fire, any violated thing is it'll wake you

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<v Speaker 2>up because it's the worst thing that can happen on aeroplane.

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<v Speaker 2>And in fact, I've been training in Abu Dhabi for

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<v Speaker 2>the last month, learning to fly in new aeroplane and

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<v Speaker 2>I put a little thing on my Instagram of an

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<v Speaker 2>in flight fire and people were like, what the hell

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<v Speaker 2>is this? What does that sound?

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<v Speaker 4>And everything.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's basically the fire alarm of either a cargo

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<v Speaker 2>fire or the man engine fire. So in this scenario,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the parts knows the other bloke was asleep,

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<v Speaker 2>and so they decided to we can do a test

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<v Speaker 2>on the fire system in flight, which you don't normally do,

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<v Speaker 2>but you can do it. And maybe that did in

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<v Speaker 2>flight test the fire system, which scared living day the

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<v Speaker 2>other person who was a sleep So yes, it does happen.

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<v Speaker 2>There's actually a thing called controlled rest which is completely

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<v Speaker 2>legal and normal, where one pilot will be asleep in

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<v Speaker 2>the flight deck, which seems really weird, but it's done

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<v Speaker 2>all around the world where you can actually it's controlled

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<v Speaker 2>rest so you tell the cabin crew you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>be sleeping one of you, not both of you, and

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<v Speaker 2>you can sleep in the flight deck. It's completely it's

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<v Speaker 2>completely legal. Not many people know about it, and most

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<v Speaker 2>passages would probably be scared to hear that, but.

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<v Speaker 4>It happens, so true. So so this is possible. They

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<v Speaker 4>fell asleep, both pilots fell asleep for over thirty minutes,

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<v Speaker 4>and the plane veered off course. So is that we

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<v Speaker 4>did auto pilot turn off for what would have happened? Jimmy,

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<v Speaker 4>that's not great.

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<v Speaker 1>Premise of.

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<v Speaker 2>Controlled rests that you say to the other first you're

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<v Speaker 2>flying with hey, are you feeling all right? I just

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<v Speaker 2>controlled rests, and then you can do it. But in

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<v Speaker 2>that scenario, no, not great.

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<v Speaker 3>We all know what it's like on a long car

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<v Speaker 3>trip though, when like the person in the passenger seat,

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<v Speaker 3>well no, of course, when the passenger falls asleep and

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<v Speaker 3>then you're really bored and you're just trying to keep awake.

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<v Speaker 3>And even when you're doing that, like you're constantly having

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<v Speaker 3>to think when you're driving. But if you're a pilot,

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<v Speaker 3>is there enough of it being like on literal autopilot

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<v Speaker 3>that you don't have to be doing things every second,

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<v Speaker 3>So it might get boring up there in the sky.

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<v Speaker 3>How they're playing Candy Crash.

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<v Speaker 4>How auto is autopilot?

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<v Speaker 2>It totally does, and Laurie hit the nail the head.

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<v Speaker 2>It gets very boring when you're in the cruise. There

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<v Speaker 2>isn't much to do the most like, when you're taking

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<v Speaker 2>off and landing in a cruise, you're quite literally I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>unless there's weather around or whatever. But on a nice day,

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<v Speaker 2>nice night, you just sort of sit there and stare

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<v Speaker 2>out the window.

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<v Speaker 4>So that's why, God, that's what.

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<v Speaker 2>We do the controlled rest, but you're supposed to do

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<v Speaker 2>on the premise to the other person's feeling, right. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean I flew Britain Ben back from a holiday destination

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<v Speaker 2>recently and that was the back of the clock flight,

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<v Speaker 2>and I mean, what would you rather, brit Would you

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<v Speaker 2>rather one of us sleeping at some stage so that

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<v Speaker 2>we both feel alert or was you rather both there

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<v Speaker 2>staring out the window with our eyes hang out of

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<v Speaker 2>her head?

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<v Speaker 1>I would ei on the price, to be honest, I

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<v Speaker 1>just want someone away find awake, Like as long as

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<v Speaker 1>one person is awake.

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<v Speaker 4>On that note, Thank you, Jimmy God, that's so insightful.

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<v Speaker 4>What a genius think you Go and enjoy your because

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<v Speaker 4>where are you in the moment you're flying to Sri Lanka?

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<v Speaker 2>Glenka, I mean I'm in Sri Lanka. No, I've finished

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<v Speaker 2>my flying duties. I'm having a holiday over my wife.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I enjoy the holiday.

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<v Speaker 4>Officially debunked. Everyone. Now, on that note, let's get some

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<v Speaker 4>controlled rest ourselves and let's go home. Good night, see tomorrow, goodbye.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes,