<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Migflanker @ Dec 7 2008, 05:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>
The rest of the story

It seems Emirates opted out of the standard Airbus option (locating the pilot&#39;s rest quarters behind the flightdeck ".....because it would have compromised the desgn of the airline&#39;s upper deck first-class cabin."

Talk about your unforeseen consequences, now because the pilot&#39;s rest compartment is in the rear of the main deck, pax confuse the quarters for a lav.

"The alternate standard Airbus option of locating the pilot&#39;s compartment in the cargo hold was rejected as "claustrophobic". - On the other hand they could be in the hold.

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Haha claustrophobic? FAs have been sleeping in containers in A340s for years...

The container also takes up valuable cargo space.... i read something the other day that from LAX-MEL on the A380 at full pax load it can only take ~400kg (~800lbs) of cargo!

Not that that route is flown by EK or SQ... but just thought i&#39;d throw it out there