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MISC. Hidden rest area for flight staff on an American Airlines 787 dreamliner

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u/Imaginary_Exam3771 1d ago

I f****** knew it. I was one on one of these and my wife and I were like what the f*** is that clown car ass door that 10 attendants just came out of??

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u/NerpyDerps 1d ago

Just their spawn point.

In all seriousness, the only thing I can think of is, they always wear nice uniforms, and they have to crawl to a bed when they're up there. It's comical in a way.

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u/L00seSuggestion 1d ago

Do they have to sleep in their uniforms?

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u/stormostorm 1d ago

No, we take off our uniforms, there are usually hangers hung off every ledge.

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u/-sharkysharky 1d ago

How do you take them off without a dedicated space? Like obviously you can't use the airplane lavatory.

Also why is it called a lavatory and not a bathroom? I just realized that

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u/stormostorm 1d ago

Now the lavatory I don't know, but looked up. Used to be chemical toilets, and it's just a phrase that was passed down.

We change in the small standing room that you see, then when we draw the curtain to the bunk we call down and invite the next person up. Every bunk has a phone and ever phone has a 2 digit number. I'm a pilot so it's easier but we remember almost all phone stations on the aircraft.

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u/beepbeepboop74656 23h ago

Do your pilot pajamas have pilot epaulets?

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u/stormostorm 23h ago

Well of course. In the event we don't have clothes every pilot must have their rank tattooed on their shoulders.

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u/beepbeepboop74656 23h ago

Glad they thought of the important details.🫡

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u/soowhatchathink 21h ago

In your professional opinion as a pilot is there likely a good amount of fucking that happens there

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u/donttextspeaktome 16h ago

Thanks for asking the questions on all of our minds

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u/NerpyDerps 1d ago

I doubt they would for a quick nap, but it doesn't look like much room to change up there. I would assume they do if there's shifts.

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u/notjasonlee 1d ago

this movie is PG-13, you can say fuck once

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u/ahmc84 1d ago

Common mistake. The actual censored word was Fahrvergnügen.

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u/hankmoody_irl 1d ago

If I had a nickel for every time the word fahrvergnügen has come up this week I’d only have $0.15 but it’s still kinda crazy it’s happened 3 times.

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u/anonymous_otter28 1d ago

I'm not up to speed on the pg-13 rules. could you trade your fuck for more bitches or shits?

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u/thatandyinhumboldt 1d ago

Well we could have, if you hadn’t just spent them all

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u/EnemyOfBoards 1d ago

Hey little buddy, you can say 'fuck' here.

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u/Inevitable_Bottle520 1d ago

No thank you if that’s me. Claustrophobic!

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u/cedarvhazel 1d ago

I feel you I’m getting heart palpitations just looking at it.

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u/Pilotrob23 1d ago

We had the same thing on the 777. You go up the stairs and take a left. Two rows, probably 7 or so on each side with a small crawl space in the middle. Have a curtain for privacy, but you would sleep above the economy class passengers. You could sometimes hear babies crying below you, so you would use ear buds most of the time. No lavatory, so if you had to pee, have to walk back down the hallway, out the door and wait in line.

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u/sm00thArsenal 1d ago

7 on each side?? How many crew members are there that 14 could be on a break at the same time? I already thought 6 in this video was unlikely.

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u/Pilotrob23 1d ago

It has been a decade since I have flown it, it is a different world of flying. The flight attendants or cabin crew, had much shorter resting times. Depending on a 777-200 or a 300, or ER, etc, we would have I believe 4 pilots, and 16 cabin crew on the long flight. I’d like to say 7 a side, maybe 6. Last two on the left and right were the pilots, the rest were for cabin crew. Depending on your airlines configuration I’m sure Boeing fits each one differently.

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u/Holiday-Position-670 1d ago

I am an engineer who works on commercial aircraft - the number of bunks (beds) depends on what the operator chose at the time of delivery. For some aircraft there are two (one by the flight deck for flight crew and one in the back for flight attendants).

I am not sure what the 787 has, but I once saw a 777 with ten bunks in the back for flight attendants and two in the front for pilots.

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u/kitkatrat 1d ago

Looks cozy as hell.

I was a roadie for a few years spending a lot of time on a tour bus. The bunks were small but when I’d shut that curtain I was out.

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u/SecureWolverine6711 1d ago

Love tour bus sleep, it’s like unlocking a different level especially when the bus is on the move, and a few people are still awake chatting a bit. Something about that engine chug, combined with low voices, just absolutely puts me down.

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u/winniebrie 1d ago

Yesss me too the engine rumble would put me right out. Then Id wake up as soon as we parked and lie there with my eyes closed wishing the engine was still on

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u/anna_boson 1d ago

I worked on boats…the diesel engine, the rocking of the waves, the cozy dark bunk that I had lined with feather comforters and pillows. And knowing that my crew mates were taking turns on watch keeping us safe…been chasing that level of comfort ever since.

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u/StupendousMan1995 1d ago

Tour bus sleep is the reason that I can now fall asleep on planes (and in cars to a lesser extent). Tour bus overnights just rewired my inability to sleep on a vehicle. The chug of the engine, the gentle rocking of the bus, and yes, voices and sometimes some jamming... zzzzz

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u/anglophile20 1d ago

I can sleep in a vehicle but not a plane unfortunately

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u/SeonaidMacSaicais 1d ago

Same. Those engines are so much louder than car engines.

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u/DeweyDefeatsYouMan 1d ago

Omg I’ve never done anything like that, but you just described a type of sleep that I’m 100% certain I would love.

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u/SonHyun-Woo 1d ago

On paper yes its cosy to some extent. As an FA, I struggle to sleep in them cause my body clock is all over the place. Most of the time Im just lying there with my eyes closed. Also find it difficult to sleep whilst “at work”

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u/wezwells 1d ago

Mythbusters episode 198 - “Deadliest catch” showed that eyes closed rest was still really beneficial.

“Kari and Tory went onto an anchored ship and set up an obstacle course featuring tasks that a Bering Sea crab boat deckhand could expect to face, including throwing a hook, sorting crab, dodging mock versions of crab pots, answering navigation questions, and a steady hand test with a total 100 possible points. Kari and Tory both got perfect scores for their (fully rested) control and then ran two tests after 30 hours awake, with the difference being that the second included the 20-minute crab naps. Without the crab naps, Kari scored 27 and Tory scored 34, but after adding in the naps, Kari and Tory successfully doubled their scores in the re-test (and then some) with scores of 64 and 81.”

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u/tremolo_head 1d ago

I just came back from a tour and miss my bunk bed.

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u/iHeartmydogsHead 1d ago

We did an overnight train in Europe last year - one room with 2 bunks. The gentle rumbling noise and slow rocking of the train knocked me right out.

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u/Unit_79 1d ago

I did it, but the no budget punk version. Built beds on top of gear storage in a school bus. And a couch turned sleeper bolted to the floor. It was comfier than you’d think!

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u/copperblood 1d ago

Honest question, how much fucking is going on up there?

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u/mtb443 1d ago edited 1d ago

Dated a flight attendant and we were frequently on these flights while she was working. The answer is not nearly as much as you would think.

The fact you are working and taking breaks at the same time as others. You actually want to sleep. Plus there are cameras going in and out and HR will instant fire you if you do fuck up there. Planes are gross, small spaces. All the things make this not as fun as you want it to be.

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u/TC9095 1d ago

I thought that's why they book you all in the same hotel

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u/mtb443 1d ago

Tis indeed

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u/Aggravating_Bat3618 1d ago

Confirmed. Attendants are nasty. 

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u/HexaJet 1d ago

Actually in a lot of cases pilots and attendants get different hotels. Lot of it has to do with union accommodations I think but at majors especially they’re usually separated

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u/derek_32999 1d ago

Right it's like saying healthcare workers fuck just cause there are beds all around the hospital. I mean I'm sure it happens, but sleeping at night would be more common

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u/lewd_robot 1d ago

Anecdotally, I've dated a few nurses and they all made it sound like there was absolutely tons of hooking up going on in hospitals. High stress, long hours, on your feet a lot, and hospital work is supposedly a magnet for people with ADHD and other impulse-control disorders that couldn't stand sitting at a desk for 8 hours a day.

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u/Inevitable_Pride1925 1d ago

Hooking up yes, at the hospital no.

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u/Cam27022 1d ago

Never been like that anywhere I’ve ever worked. We are all just fucking tired and want to leave.

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u/Marky_Markus 21h ago

Yeah as a nurse myself I hear this stereotype all of the time and in my 10 years have never seen or heard of it happening even once. People do be hooking up but in their free time. Nobody knows how disgusting a hospital is better than a healthcare worker so why would we want to be fucking in this nasty ass place lol

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u/derek_32999 1d ago

I've heard more ICU ED OR shenanigans than on the floor but it Def happens. Heard a doctor straight up tell a girl he was going to the Florida Keys and needed some company. You know what, on second thought I think I'm just going to back out of this one LOL

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u/Impressive_Recon 1d ago

Yeah as a nurse it’s definitely not true. First of all, working 12-hour back-to-back shifts is exhausting. Then you get shit, vomit, and blood spewed on you every day. No one is in the mood to fuck after dealing with psych patients all day

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u/Its-ther-apist 1d ago

Some of the nurses I worked with fucked the homeless patients. I think they were a bad day away from being in the same category themselves though.

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u/plantainrepublic 1d ago

I’m a hospital doc.

Just to be clear, I have never fucked in an on-call room. However, I can tell you that it would be completely realistic and likely undetectable if you did.

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u/youseesb 1d ago

That's not why people say healthcare workers get it on more than people think.

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u/steven_dev42 1d ago

I swear all these people hell bent on claiming everyone at work is fucking each other have no idea what they’re talking about. Sure fucking goes on every now and then, but if you believed these people you’d think literally everyone at every job ever was fucking each other

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u/CottonTipsMcChancla 1d ago

Porn-brained Neckbeards with no life experience or friends running their mouths.

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u/CommanderChiliHole 18h ago

Welcome to Reddit, the global home of people claiming to have seen/done things they’ve never seen nor done.

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u/ThaddeusJP 1d ago

The answer is not nearly as much as you would think.

So some

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u/NietzscheImpregnated 1d ago

I would think there is no fucking going on

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u/eat_my_ass_n_balls 1d ago

Fuckin orgies m8

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u/freudian_nipps 1d ago

They try to be quiet, but the clap of asscheeks keep waking up the passengers.

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u/dmontease 1d ago

They call that turbulence.

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u/seasteed 1d ago

Mormons pay extra for turbulence, really helps with the soaking.

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u/livinalieontimna 1d ago

Flaps …open

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u/Accomplished_Crab107 1d ago

PULL OUT PULL OUT

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u/Next-Food2688 1d ago

Preparing for descent into the destination

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u/kaaskugg 1d ago

Fifty, fourty, thirty, ...

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u/tycho_26 1d ago

“Colonel, I’m trying to sneak around.. but I’m DUMMY THICC. And the clap of my ass cheeks keeps alerting the guards!”

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u/front_yard_duck_dad 1d ago

He's throwing it back sir!

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u/plantastic420 1d ago

Ok but who's flying the plane? The ugly pilot lol

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u/unkn0wnname321 1d ago

The real reason autopilot was invented.

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u/oozinator1 1d ago

"Sperry insisted that the force of the crash is what had caused them to lose all of their clothes"

For someone so smart, he came up with such a half-assed reason.

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u/Business-Writer2062 1d ago

The mask it by smashing the intercomm sound button

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u/RichardBCummintonite 1d ago

Oh, Mr. Rhod?! My goodness!

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u/notthemamaa 1d ago

Nothing but elbows and as*holes

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u/senormundial 1d ago

Seriously, not a lot. The beds are so small, I am average 5’8” guy and can barely turnover in the beds. Also climbing into the bunk is a whole process, getting out is another process and there’s equipment in the bunk with you like oxygen tanks, fire extinguishers and other stuff. They’re literally only good for lying flat for a couple hours

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u/SirLoremIpsum 1d ago

Seriously, not a lot. The beds are so small, I am average 5’8” guy and can barely turnover in the beds.

I'm 110% sure people 5"8 and taller have shagged in a Mazda MX-5 - the limit is your imagination!

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u/bimbles_ap 1d ago

There's a reason they said "not a lot" and not "none"

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u/nucl3ar0ne 1d ago

Where there is a will there is a way. Were you never a teenager?

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u/glowdirt 1d ago

I was, but unfortunately my name's not Will

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u/AirCurious696 1d ago

Surely, you can't be serious

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u/CambridgeJin 1d ago

I am and don’t call me Shirley.

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u/CommanderChiliHole 18h ago

Well, flight crew aren’t teenagers. These are lucrative careers taken very seriously, not “fuck it” jobs like McDonald’s. No one’s going to risk trying to screw at work, especially when they know there’s a 99% chance they’re going to get caught. It really doesn’t happen. I’ve never heard of anyone claiming it happened, and if I did, I wouldn’t believe them.

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u/Gregory_Appleseed 1d ago

Like the back seat of a volkswagen?

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u/steven_dev42 1d ago

The difference is these are not teenagers

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u/CottonTipsMcChancla 1d ago

Pro-tip: most flight attendants actually take their job pretty seriously when they’re at work.

Also, most of us are women - we’re not like the disgusting moids that loiter on this site and are obsessed with sex.

We’re there to do our jobs, and if we get crew rest, we want to chill. On long flights, particularly overnight flights, we actually sleep and need to.

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u/SPEZ_IS_A_JABRONI 1d ago

>they’re literally only good for lying flat for a couple hours

sounds perfect for OP's mom

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u/JacoRamone 1d ago

With supplemental oxygen to revive fatigued participants.

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u/copperblood 1d ago

Your username is appropriate for your comment. Bless ✊🏽

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u/vaiplantarbatata 1d ago

The entire crew is later sleeping in the same hotel after the flight. They don’t need to do anything there.

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u/Average_Ambassador 1d ago

According to my former steward colleague: a lot. They called it "poepkot" (fuck-shack in dutch).

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u/Creator13 1d ago

in dutch

Well in Flemish to be very specific

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u/Fluffy_Dragonfly6454 1d ago

Lol indeed. Otherwise, It would also be dirty but more literally

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u/Rexxhunt 1d ago

When I get a cold I often get a bit Flemish

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u/AntsInMyEyesJackson 1d ago

Thanks for the poepkot, love dirty mike and the boys

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u/Brullaapje 1d ago

It is Flemish, in Dutch it would mean poop-shack.

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u/JJPortal 1d ago

I don't speak Dutch, but doesn't poepkot translate to "fart crib" more than fuck shack? I am however able to speak Afrikaans which is similar to Dutch and Flemish. And, at least in Afrikaans, that is what the direct translation would be. Though I know "kot" is more like bed (or a place to sleep) in Dutch, it's still weird as "poep" means fart or shit but definitely not fucking. Anyone able to shed some light?

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u/-Embo- 1d ago

In dutch poep literally just means poop. Somehow flemish dutch has somehow made it into a word for sex.

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u/Cwh93 1d ago

Whole lotta anal and no douching happening in Flanders apparently 

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u/wokkieman 1d ago

It's Flemish, not Dutch

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u/Grumpy-Troglodyte 1d ago

i will use fart crib more in my day to day speaking. that is my new favorite phrase

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u/Several_Mousse_9485 1d ago

A seat cushion is a type of fart crib.

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u/mortgagepants 1d ago

a sleeping bag is a fart sack. (in the army, but maybe in one of those wooden shoe languages too.)

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u/Queasy-Bug-3186 1d ago

I read this in bed and started shaking trying to hold a laugh in, woke the missus up and got an absolute bollocking.

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u/Necroban77 1d ago

My first thought. I know they smashing in there.

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u/Sunbro7_Praise 1d ago

Whenever the seatbelt sign turns on with zero turbulence outside, you know what's happening.

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u/Turnip-for-the-books 1d ago

The Mile High Club is big and while you’re not part of it some places have opened up

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u/Sheinkyakyu 1d ago

Not much. The hotel is where any action happens.

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u/ma33a 1d ago

Not much. Crew value their rest mid flight. If they want to get frisky it would be at the layover hotel.

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u/otterbarks 1d ago

Honest answer: Zero, because it's a workplace, another coworker would surely complain, and you'd have to answer to HR.

Also, the folks are up there need to get what little sleep they can before they have to wake up for their next shift, and you don't want to be fatigued while trying to fly an aircraft.

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u/qevshd 1d ago

While the number might be low, I guarantee it's not zero.

Humans be humaning.

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u/Shoddy_Fish31 1d ago

Yeah, airline crews fuck like rabbits for some reason, right after healthcare crews

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u/Sufficient_Scale_163 1d ago

Can confirm for healthcare. And we are always burnt out so needing a nap for job performance is not something that gets in the way lol

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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 1d ago

Have had a few exs that were nurses and other healthcare related fields like therapists. Absolutely true.

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u/asianRNunite 1d ago

This is esp true on night shift. Almost all the units I worked in the past that was night shift always had handful of ppl that do the deeds during their lunch break

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u/SquirrelTraining5228 1d ago

Today I learned health care and airline jobs are as bad as working in kitchens in the funniest possible ways

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u/FastWalkingShortGuy 1d ago

Do you have any idea the sheer amount of people who fuck at work in any given profession...?

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u/glitch241 1d ago

Do we think this is specific to certain industries and ages? I've never heard of it in an office setting but I heard about it a lot when I worked in a warehouse.

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u/ember_snow 1d ago

Not nearly as many as you're implying

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u/West-Audience-478 1d ago

And not nearly as little as you are implying

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u/bachstakoven 1d ago

And not nearly half of them do so half as much as they would like.

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u/Mbembez 1d ago

Cabin crew aren't flying the plane.

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u/HolyCowAnyOldAccName 1d ago

Thank you. Everyone here acting as if FAs are a bunch of rabbits in heat. 

I can see the very sympathetic colleague turn a blind eye in the three cabin arrangement and announce they’re gonna step out for 15 minutes, but that’s super rare. 

After the flight, in the hotel, on the other hand… 

Might as well save some money and only book half the amount of rooms... sometimes less.

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u/mowtowcow 1d ago

There's a lot of fuckin that goes on on cruise ships and yachts. When everyone is hot, everyone be fuckin. Figured it would be the same depending on who the attendants are.

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u/January1171 1d ago

Difference is they're not living on the plane

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u/Witty_Ad_898 1d ago

Cruise contracts are often 4-6 months, and as long as the crew don’t hook-up with passengers it is easier to facilitate than try to keep 1,000 to 2,000 horny and frustrated workers happy and on task.

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u/Impossible-Flight250 1d ago

Not to mention the fact that most of the workers are women or gay men.

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u/thatSeveryonedraws 1d ago

Why would that stop anyone from having sex?

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u/BaBaFiCo 1d ago

Famously two gay men can't have sex with each other

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u/ReallyDustyCat 1d ago

How would such a thing even work smooshes two lamp plugs together

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u/TT11MM_ 1d ago

I'm sure you can be fatigued during breakfast service an hour or so, before landing.

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u/Initial-Argument1252 1d ago

My work place had to put a sign on the bathroom that said “only ONE person at a time” 😅

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u/AgilePalpitation3792 1d ago

Definitely not 0.

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u/RV7DR 1d ago

1000% agre

Also, as a wide-body captain your're making between $400-500K+ a year (without picking up extra trips, the VERY nice 401K contribution, profit sharing, etc.)

First officer- $150Kish (year 1) to $350K (all the same rules above)

Working 8-12 days a month in most cases

Not worth even a hint of silliness.

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u/TriangleTransplant 1d ago

Ah, a fellow "My Dad Wrote a Porno" enthusiast.

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u/turndownforwoot 1d ago

Whoever the engineers are that did the hard work to get this implemented deserve the highest civilian honors.

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u/orchises 1d ago

Was it the engineers that decided the plane needed space for the attendants, OSHA, or the unions that lobbied for better conditions?

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u/PatchesMaps 1d ago

Probably a bunch of federal and private organizations that collectively decided that they shouldn't have sleep deprived people in charge of a plane full of people.

Definitely not the engineers though, they're normally the lowest on the decision making tree.

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u/some_reddit_lurker 1d ago

As an engineer in aerospace I concur with your statement. We are the lowest in the decision making tree, but the first one to get blame for things outside our control.

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u/RobertABooey 1d ago

Give the current administration some time. Just like they’re doing the food safety, they’ll probably undo this if the airlines pay them enough money.

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u/Cheezeball25 1d ago

The department of transportation and the FAA who established the required resting times for flight crews on long routes

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u/fly_awayyy 1d ago

Which the unions advocated for better rest rules

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u/YesterShill 1d ago

I am shocked that the airlines have not taken that space away from the crew and sold it to passengers.

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u/RespectedPath 1d ago

It doesn't meet crash ratings so it cant be occupied during takeoff and landing. Also putting sleeping customers in such close quarters is a liability these days.

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u/Not_a_real_ghost 1d ago

crash ratings 

Doesn't matter we will all become pancakes

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u/Ill-Quantity2065 1d ago

Can we pay extra for that service 

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u/BankDetails1234 1d ago

I’d pay good money for a bed on a flight

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u/Amanduh-tory-meeting 1d ago

Business Class has beds.

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u/dotben 1d ago

That's totally available. It's at the front of the plane, dear.

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u/Mr-Creampie 1d ago

Worst place to have bad gas. 🤔

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u/94746382926 1d ago

I know this is a bit tongue in cheek, but this isn't the case if it has the same type of airflow as the main cabin during flight. The entire volume of air recirculates through HEPA filters 20 times an hour or every 2 to 3 minutes.

It's way cleaner than any other environment most people will find themselves in, comparable to an operating room which is pretty cool.

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u/Monksdrunk 1d ago

needs to get pumped directly down into the flight cabin so that all the passengers have to look around to see which neighbor farted

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u/radziadax 1d ago

I'm bummed I'm not on a Dreamliner for my upcoming flight to the UK, I've always found that my lurgy/jet lag isn't as bad when I'm on a DL.

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u/throwingeverything99 1d ago

If you're flying an A350 you will have about the same cabin altitude.

I fly between Asia a lot and I specifically check for routes/carriers flying 787s or A350s for this reason lol.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_LEFT_IRIS 1d ago

The cabin pressure and humidity are much more comfortable in a 787 than in most smaller planes. Helps out more than you'd think.

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u/Can-You-Fly-Bobby 1d ago

They have extra oxygen tanks. They're good

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u/dtoddh 1d ago

The 787 Dreamliner might have 2-4 pilots and 7-10 flight attendants on very long flights. This video shows six beds. Flight time might be 10-18+ hours.

Presumably there are private bathrooms for crew as well.

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u/colonelcasey22 1d ago

Pretty sure the crew uses the same lavs as ordinary passengers.

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u/__rachelmaria 1d ago

Former FA (US based) who flew on a 787 (and slept in those bunks)! You’re correct, we used the same bathrooms as passengers, there’s hardly any room to stand up in the bunks but they were comfortable enough. I saw the top comment ask about how much fucking was going on in those… I never experienced that, but I think some FAs would “relieve” themselves in there. Colleagues have posted photos of questionable stains on blankets left behind. 🤮 And can also confirm m5m3man is correct, pilots have separate bunks closer to the front of the plane!

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u/Easy7777 1d ago

They would rub one out in their bunk ?

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u/__rachelmaria 1d ago

YUP. And if you were the unlucky one that chose the bunk after them…. Yeahh. 💀 Since there always has to be crew available, there’s typically 2-3 rest breaks on those overnight flights, meaning different groups go at different times for about 2ish hours each. People are nasty.

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u/m5m3man 1d ago

Pilots have a separate crew rest area at the front of the plane

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u/RobustManifesto 1d ago

I was the gaffer (chief lighting technician) on an in-flight safety video for our flag carrier. We filmed two consecutive nights on their first two 787s in a hanger.

I had been poking around the plane (closet aviation nerd) and found this door. On our lunch break, all the crew were napping in the lay-flat first class seats. I was up in the executive suite.

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u/Starwormwood57 1d ago

It took me a second...i thought rest room as in bathroom.

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u/LemonPartyLounger 1d ago

Anywhere is a bathroom if you’re brave.

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u/contude327 1d ago

So that's where all the fucking leg room is.

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u/marleiahxdayze 1d ago

No that’s where the leg fucking room is

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u/Hot_Major8602 1d ago

Ik they’re gonna be clapping cheeks in there

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u/wild_womanxoxo 1d ago

it’s a curtain and six sleeping coworkers two feet away. logistics are rougher than you think haha

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u/quadruple_negative87 1d ago

It would be like the sex scene in Enemy at the Gates!

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u/BeefLilly 1d ago

I once hooked up with someone while her friend was in the bed as well. You underestimate my power

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u/sumsimpleracer 1d ago

If they’re going to be laying there, might as well invite them to join.

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u/Reasonable_Apple9382 1d ago

Belinda Blinked

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u/AVegetableLocksmith 1d ago

It's reassuring to know I wasn't the only one whose mind went straight to this.

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u/Trust_Me_Im_a_Panda 1d ago

“Does B-3 mean bonking room for 3 people?”

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u/zehlie 1d ago

Hidden in plane sight

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u/cornweel 1d ago

Party central

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u/hamadonthurtem 1d ago

The real mile high club.

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u/Parking-Bee9824 1d ago

At least they get paid to sleep lying down while passengers pay to sleep sitting upright.

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u/PirateSteve85 1d ago

I would rather my flight crew be well rested than the passengers. I may be uncomfortable but I dont have to worry about the pilot crashing the plane because he wasnt rested.

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u/stellaluna92 1d ago

That would be my dream way to travel, even if the other beds were all full up. i yearn for the days of sleeper trains. 

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u/fastfood12 1d ago

Interesting that the beds also have seatbelts. I usually roll back and forth while I sleep. I wonder if it just loosely keeps you from hitting the ceiling during turbulence or if you're strapped down.

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u/AfraidKingKiller 1d ago

Same thing the regular seatbelt does. It keeps you from moving lol

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u/Unlikely-Tone-6269 1d ago

Look up the Singapore Air flight turbelence situation from a couple years ago. Once you read that story, you’ll always want to be strapped in just in case.

Having been fortunate to fly business class once round trip (shout out to all those redditors that helped me find one of those too good to be true points deals!), you really don’t notice being strapped in while lying flat. I’m struggling to recall what the belt looked like, but want to say it was wider and more cushioned than your regular seat one

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u/EmployerWide1123 1d ago

bang your coworkers and huff some oxygen, i should become a flight attendant.....

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u/Slow_Beat0808 1d ago

I have a friend in the industry, it happens all the time (co-workers banging).

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u/-runs-with-scissors- 1d ago

I am more amazed by the size of that pantry!

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u/Kooky-Macaroon-1173 1d ago

I worked on galleys and this is referred to as the CCRC (cabin crew rest compartment). There is another one in the front for the flight crew (FCRC or flight crew rest compartment)

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u/zooncethyme 1d ago

Hopefully they have someone that comes in and wipes down all the loads.

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u/ModerateDev 1d ago

I want to see the Blacklight version of this video