Gaze with jealousy upon the comfy sleep pods used by long-haul flight crews
Long-haul flights can be a pain at best, creating all sorts of weird sweating and mysterious aches for us mere mortals in economy.
Except the flight attendants of course, who somehow manage to look preened and polished hours into a flight. And there's a reason for that.
It turns out these crew members have actually been getting some sleep, unlike the rest of us. Virgin Australia shared photos of its rest areas onboard its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, and it's no wonder staff look so fresh.
On flights between Sydney to Los Angeles, which can be up to 15 hours duration, crew take designated breaks of 4 hours each.
"There are two rest areas on board our Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, located above the Business Class and Economy cabins at either end of the aircraft and after main meal service, breaks are allocated to ensure that the right amount of crew always remain on deck to assist guests," the post reads.
While they are allowed to rest, two pilots always need to be on flight deck at all times. Their rest area is located above the business class cabin, where they can sleep in the two beds available and use the in-flight entertainment system.
For cabin crew, there are eight single beds located above the economy cabin, complete with sheets, blankets and pillows.
"Crew are able to change into pyjamas to get some sleep, and will set an individual alarm to ensure they're back on deck at the right time. Before drawing the curtain, crew will hang their uniform outside their bunk to let crew know who is where and the Flight Manager is always in the first bunk on the right," according to the post.
It may not be safe (or make much business sense), but we'd totally be into a plane that was just full of bunks like these.
One can dream.
