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Yeah, isn't there like a rule that there has to be two pilots at a time ? Imagine drive a car for 11 hours straight without any help from someone else, i know theres autopilot but there should be a backup just in case. I just had was on a road trip, and can hardly stand drive 4 hrs straight w/o a break

Oh! The hospital was completely based on the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne (where I worked for a little while; do a Google image search). That was a brief thrill. hehe
On the other hand, I get that he's not allowed to pilot a plane when he's sick/on certain types of medication...but I wouldn't think it would be OK for the other guy to pilot it solo, either! ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭