<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The really sad thing is that this was a 10:30AM flight!</font>
I suspect that to the pilots, it was really 22:30PM of the previous day (or 34h30, if that's clearer). Which would be of concern in terms of sleepiness even if not inebriation.
andrew
[This message has been edited by Andrew Webber (edited 07-03-2002).]