Originally Posted by
C11DCA
And that’s what UAL does too. Two crews for same duty period Caribbean turns.
For example:
Originally Posted by
sailingfun
All you need is a foam foot rest and a standard first class seat and your good to go. Costs about 50 bucks for the footrest. Actually you don’t even need the first class seat. A coach seat modified to recline 40 degrees is legal as well as a cockpit jumpseat.
) Class 3 Rest Facility. A class 3 rest facility is a seat in an aircraft cabin or flight deck that reclines at least 40 degrees. It provides leg and foot support (§ 117.3, TNO Report recommendation paragraph 5.2.5).
A standard first class seat is not good to go. It requires modification in order to comply with the FAR for an acceptable class 3.
UAL spent months getting a subset of Guam 737’s configured and certified for the island hopper. 40 degrees of recline eliminates the row behind it, unless you shift how the seats are laid out. Basically think of the old first or business class recliners (before lay flat was the norm) as the minimum of what’s acceptable.
And again no coach seat as a rest seat for augmented flights.
5-J-4 Seats comparable to Economy or Economy Plus are not acceptable for crew rest.
How many narrowbody jumpseats can recline 40 degrees?
