Accusation: Pilot reached snoozing altitude

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[COLOR= black]FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) --[/COLOR][COLOR= black] [/COLOR][COLOR= black]A charter pilot resigned Friday after a videotape surfaced apparently showing him sleeping during a flight from the Bahamas while a co-pilot flew the plane.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR= black][url="http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/07/18/sleeping.pilot.ap/index.html"]http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/07/18/sleep...t.ap/index.html[/URL][/COLOR]
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Flying a Twin Otter single pilot in VMC isn''t exactly as dangerous as the media makes it out to be.

The poor guy is going to suffer for taking a snooze in one of the least busiest cockpits around.

They should invest in a curtain.....