Crew Rest . . .
04-08-2007 | 06:50 AM
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Castaway was on the tube this weekend, I am asking about FX's crew rest areas. I've been on many of the purple MD-11s, I have seen the "slide a bunk bed out" if you will, but nothing like what is depicted in the movie. How effective are these "bunk beds" in tryin to catch some Zs? I have seen a jumper on a bus one night, with a mat of sorts, pleanty of room to lay down in the floor and sleep away. Seems like a good idea. . .
04-08-2007 | 06:56 AM
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Castaway was on the tube this weekend, I am asking about FX's crew rest areas. I've been on many of the purple MD-11s, I have seen the "slide a bunk bed out" if you will, but nothing like what is depicted in the movie. How effective are these "bunk beds" in tryin to catch some Zs? I have seen a jumper on a bus one night, with a mat of sorts, pleanty of room to lay down in the floor and sleep away. Seems like a good idea. . .
04-08-2007 | 07:59 AM
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04-08-2007 | 09:22 AM
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In the movie, you'll notice that Fred's face is only visible on the TV screen in the 'crew room.' They never actually show Fred up close. This, according to the legend, is because he would have had to join the SAG on a one-day membership in order to have a speaking part in the movie, which he refused to do. So they had to show him on the screen, instead of in person. At least he's consistent.
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04-08-2007 | 09:56 AM
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Fred used to come to the lounge all the time to say hello and answer questions. He told me he quit coming when he kept getting questions from crewmembers on the level of "why there was no soap in his hotel room"....
Wonder why he quit coming?
Wonder why he quit coming?
04-08-2007 | 09:58 AM
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so. . . I reckon they used actors for pilots, if they had come to you and asked you to be in the movie as a pilot, would you have done it? In retrospect, I'd volunteer to load the plane . . .
04-08-2007 | 11:44 AM
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The "Captain in a Box" crew rest facility is adequate. It is cramped, but there's a horizontal space with a "bunkbed" of sorts, each with a padded mattress, reasonable darkness, and ventilation. All the creature comforts. I never had a problem sleeping in it -- some people do.
It gets interesting when there are two people in it.
It gets interesting when there are two people in it.
04-08-2007 | 11:56 AM
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Yeap.......except on Crew Bunk equiped airplanes, we have no jumpseats in the back. Wish we did because there is no place to sit back there if you wake early or can't sleep.................except on top of the cooler............................and your right, outside the "BOX" it gets quite cold when the temp is turned down.
04-08-2007 | 11:58 AM
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No jumpseats if crew rest module installed
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