About 93% of pilots admit napping during flights in German survey

Cockpit union says the issue has become a ‘worrying reality’ for its members as a result of growing fatigue

A German pilots’ union has said that napping during flights has become a “worrying reality” for its members, as it sounded the alarm over “increasing fatigue” in the sector.

The Vereinigung Cockpit union said it had carried out a survey of more than 900 pilots in recent weeks, which found that 93% of them admitted to napping during a flight in the past few months.