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See the pilot and crew rest areas of a Boeing 777-300

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Here is a little oddment which doesn’t really fit into one of the Air New Zealand profile pieces that I am running throughout September.

When I was touring their 777-300 at Heathrow, I was allowed to go into the pilot rest area.  It was fascinating.

Inside the cockpit is a set of stairs.  Climb up and this is what you see:

Boeing 777-300 pilot rest area

Each pilot has their own relaxation seat.  Out of shot is a TV monitor for each seat so they can watch the IFE.

Also out of shot, behind the curtain, is a mattress for each pilot where they can choose to sleep.  I found it a little claustrophobic, to be honest!

Meanwhile, this is where the off duty cabin crew get to sleep:

Boeing 777-300 crew rest area

A bunk bed in an equally dark corridor in the belly of the aircraft!

Boeing 777-300 crew rest area

Comments (10)

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  • James67 says:

    Crew rest area does look a little gloomy, perhaps depends on airline. I have seen pics of crew rest areas on 773ER and 787 which I would happily trade for any F seat, claustrophobic or not.

  • Jake says:

    I once discovered the Virgin crew rest area on a 747 by accident, looking for the toilet! I thoguht it was a bit strange going downstairs to the loo on an airplane!

    • TimS says:

      On a cargo 747 the crew rest area is the entire upper deck. That said, the upper deck on freighters is smaller than on pax. And IFE is BYO!

    • James67 says:

      Toilets were downstairs on one aircraft I flew IIRC, maybe a340.

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  • adam says:

    I used to go out with a girl who was Cabin Crew for Virgin Atlantic and as such flew a lot via a standby ticket. on most flights I used to get to fly Upper class – PE at worst. However, on a couple of flights there were no seats and as they had no obligation to get me home I had to sit on a cabin crew jump seat. On one trip I had the pilots rest seat and ended up spending the whole flight from LAX sitting up there on my own. Very surreal experience.

    • Nick says:

      Is this still possible today? The old fly standby for a nominal amount for family of crew?

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