Aircraft with crew quarters
AssigneeBombardier Inc.
InventorsAlexandre GALIN, John FERNELEY, Thomas AHN, Siddhartho Konstantin BANERJEE
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Abstract
An aircraft is disclosed with a fuselage including a cabin delimited by a cabin floor and having crew quarters. The crew quarters include an upper portion above a floor plane defined by the cabin floor and a lower portion beneath the floor plane. The crew quarters include a seat adjustable between a sitting configuration and a berthing configuration. A method of transitioning a crew member of an aircraft to a berthing configuration in a crew quarters is also disclosed.
Claims20
An aircraft, comprising:
- a fuselage including a cabin delimited by a cabin floor and having a passenger section and crew quarters separated from the passenger section, the crew quarters including an upper portion above a floor plane defined by the cabin floor and a lower portion beneath the floor plane, the crew quarters including a seat being adjustable between a sitting configuration and a berthing configuration, the seat being upright in the sitting configuration such that a crew member in the seat is within both the upper and lower portions of the crew quarters.
A method of transitioning a crew member of an aircraft to a berthing configuration in a crew quarters of the aircraft, the method comprising:
- sitting in a seat in the crew quarters such that part of the crew member is above a level of a floor of a cabin of the aircraft and another part of the crew member is below the level of the floor, and reclining the seat such that the crew member is beneath the level of the floor in the berthing configuration.
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