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Old 05-28-2014, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by YAKflyer View Post
Your comments are interesting to me. I flew the 777-200 for DL and the rest facility was not authorized for occupancy below 25,000' for the reasons you stated. After leaving Delta I spent a couple of years at Air India flying the 777-300. The Air India planes also had the upstairs rest facilities, but they were authorized for all phases of light. The original Delta 777s were modified after delivery, so I thought that was the reason the ventilation was restricted on those planes. When I got to AI I figured the installations were done at the factory and were more useful because they were more of a standard component. At AI I had folks upstairs for takeoff and landing several times and no one ever complained about the ventilation. Now I wonder if Boeing has two different ways of installing those rest facilities.

At AA on the 777-200ER the bunks are behind the cockpit just outside the door.
On the 777-300ER the bunks are upstairs. We were told. For egress reasons they do not want anyone up there below 25,000' The upstairs does have an escape hatch that drops open at row 2 or 3.

None of the AA 777-200's have upstairs. Only the 300's
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