Few people know this stolen room in the airplanes
When you are on a long-haul flight to Asia or the west coast of the United States for example, it is important to find sleep, not to arrive dephase when you arrive. You will probably be very well installed if you are First class . Are you flying in economic class? Good luck.
Once the plane took off, you were served your meal, and all the lights are off, do you think that the stewards, hostess and pilots wait wisely for you to wake up? No, the companies have made a very secret space available to them so that they can rest too.
It turns out that on some aircraft, there is a secret staircase that leads to a small set of rooms with no windows for flight attendants and pilots. After all, they also need sleep on the trips that can take 18 hours or more . Passengers are not allowed up there, and few people know that these spaces exist.
These personnel areas are tiny and their style varies according to the companies and the model of the device. Some are more luxurious than others and offer pajamas, blankets, sheets and even entertainment systems to employees. The rest areas are often hidden in a compartment at the top of the aircraft, or a closed section in the same main cabin as ordinary passengers.
They can contain bunk beds that measure 1.80 m over 80 centimetres and are separated by thick curtains to stifle the noise of other crew members. If this room, finally intimate, remains secret, it is for the good of the crew that needs rest during long-haul flights. But it happens that crew members filter their nests, as here in a Lufthansa A340:
The pilots would be entitled to their own cabin. Manufacturers take good care to house these spaces in places that could not be occupied by passenger seats, a question of profitability. On the longest journeys, the rest time of the crew members can reach 3:30.
Main photo credit: Flickr – Martin Deutsch
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