Business Insider’s reporter toured the secret room where Air New Zealand pilots sleep on long-haul Boeing 777-300ER flights.
Twelve hours is a long time for anyone to be on a plane. But when you are responsible for flying the aircraft, it’s an even tougher role. That’s why pilots take shifts on long-haul flights. When pilots aren’t in the cockpit, they’re resting in secret rooms on board the aircraft. On a 12-hour Air New Zealand flight from Auckland, New Zealand, to Los Angeles, I toured this part of the plane that most people don’t see. Advertisement POPULAR CATEGORIES