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標題[新聞] 阿酋機師抱怨A380引擎"太安靜"難以入眠
時間Thu Dec 4 01:11:18 2008
DATE:03/12/08
SOURCE:Air Transport Intelligence
Airbus to help Emirates pilots sleep after crews find A380 'too quiet'
By Murdo Morrison
Weary Emirates Airbus A380 pilots are complaining that they cannot sleep in
their crew-rest area in the aft main cabin because the aircraft is too quiet.
The pilots say that the lack of engine noise in the A380's cabin compared
with other long-haul airliners means they are constantly disturbed by sounds
created by passengers, such as crying babies, flushing vacuum toilets and
call bells. Passengers also mistake the rest area for a lavatory, and pull
the door handle.
The Dubai-based carrier has asked Airbus for a solution that does not involve
substantially adding weight, which rules out insulating the walls of the rest
area, situated at the rear of the all-economy main deck, says Emirates senior
vice-president, fleet, Capt Ed Davidson.
"We are expecting to hear back from them by the middle of the month," says
Davidson, who admits that the airframer has "overdelivered" on its noise
promises on the airline's Engine Alliance GP7200-powered A380s. One option
could be installing lightweight generators to create ambient noise.
"We're getting a lot of complaints. It's not something we expected," says
Davidson. "On our other aircraft, the engines drown out the cabin noise. [On
the A380] the pilots sleep with earplugs but the cabin noise goes straight
through them."
Emirates is the only A380 operator so far to have situated the crew-rest
areas at the rear of the main deck. It did not opt for Airbus' standard
option of locating the pilots' compartment behind the cockpit as it would
have compromised the design of the airline's upper deck first-class cabin,
while the alternative location of the cargo hold was rejected as it thought
crew would find it "claustrophobic".
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/12/03/319698/airbus-to-help-emirates
-pilots-sleep-after-crews-find-a380-too-quiet.html
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推 sman:haha... 12/04 03:31
推 Chiardy:來種花738吧,飛一趟帛琉或關島讓你知道什麼叫機上休息。 12/04 20:53
推 jphant:買個噪音消除的耳機 然後整程都放引擎聲就甚麼都聽不見了 12/05 12:55
推 Reach:覺得太平穩也很難睡:p 12/06 11:38
推 Bcl2:就像之前有些人會開Cefiro開到睡著一樣..XD 12/06 22:18