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According to a piece on Slate.com, some airplane pilots are having problems sleeping on the new behemoth of an airplane, the Airbus A380, because the plane is actually too quiet.
"We're getting a lot of complaints," says Emirates Vice President Ed Davidson. "It's not something we expected."
Apparently, the white noise of the engines was their key to sleep, loud enough to drown out the various passenger and plane noises. But on the extra-quiet Airbus A380, pilots are complaining that they're being kept awake by all the cabin noise, which which is apparently even enough to overwhelm their mighty ear plugs.
We imagine this same problem applies for passengers as well. Any similar experiences on an Airbus? [From: Gadling]
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Subscribe to commentsRichaDec 16th 2008 3:33AM
UMMM Excuse me.. BUT.. are not the pilots suppose to be awake while the plane is flying, Ive heard of cutting corners but this is crazy.. Next they will be complaining of the seats not being soft enough..
mDec 16th 2008 4:34AM
UMMM pilots need sleep too. Long distance flights, which the A380 is built for, often have multiple pilots who take shifts so that others can sleep and get some rest.
I'd rather have a well rested pilot than someone who's been up for 30 hours on a international flight.
JohnDec 16th 2008 1:17PM
Obviously Richa hasnt travelled much, or hasn't travelled very far lol
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