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A multiple-bunk Class 1 crew rest compartment. A crew rest compartment is a section of an airliner dedicated for breaks and sleeping by crew members during off-duty periods. [1] [2] Federal Aviation Regulations have provisions requiring crew rest areas be provided in order to operate a long-haul flight by using multiple crew shifts. [3]
Continuous duty overnights (CDOs) are also referred to as "stand-ups", "naps", or "high-speeds" is a scheduling practice used in regional airline operations to circumvent, or "outsmart" government flight crew minimum rest requirements. A few major airlines may also use them.
A prominent intention for the utilization of in-flight crew relief is in the interval(s) the pilots of the relief crew have aircraft command, the pilots of the primary crew are permitted to exit the flight deck (cockpit) for extended periods of time and be able to regain energy from sleep or rest in the aircraft cabin or dedicated crew rest ...
Flight attendants on long-haul flights are provided with spaces to rest. Here's a photo of the crew rest area on a Boeing 787. - Boeing. Crew rest areas exist on all airplanes, but what these rest ...
There are some secret areas on widebody aircraft where pilots and cabin crew go to rest during long flights. Passengers can’t access them under any circumstance.
In 2014, the Independent Pilots Association filed suit against the FAA to end the cargo airplane exemption from the flight crew minimum rest requirements. [24] In 2016, the lawsuit was dismissed by a Washington, DC, court, which determined the FAA had acted reasonably by excluding cargo airlines from the rest requirement based on a cost vs ...
Section 7.1, entitled, "Minimum Planned Crew Complements" said, All services will be planned to the current industrially agreed complements for each aircraft type. Future crew complements will continue to take into account in-flight product and cabin crew rest requirements. Miss Malone’s contract said the collective agreement was incorporated ...
The G600 cabin is 3.7 ft (1.1 m) longer than the G500, allowing up to four passenger zones or three 8.75 ft (2.67 m) long zones, a longer galley and a forward crew rest. [44] The wing is a supercritical design with a 0.87 to 0.88 drag divergence Mach number depending upon lift coefficient. [41]