Flight attendant reveals coffin-like sleep pod on plane: My claustrophobia could never

It’s a “claustrophobic” cure for cabin fever. After hours of working long-haul shifts at 30,000 feet, most flight attendants are desperate to get off of their feet. But one cabin crew member’s cozy, albeit cramped rest-cubby is creeping out cringing online critics. “Passengers wondering where I’ve disappeared to halfway through their flight,” Kaytee, a Virgin Atlantic air hostess, wrote in the closed captions of her trending TikTok tell-all, garnering over 1.3 million views. “[Be Right Back] nap break,” she titled the popular post, which featured her making up a makeshift bed for herself — complete with sheets, pillows and a safety belt — in what appears to be a small overhead bin on the plane. It’s like sleeping on a cloud.If the cloud was a coffin-like compartment that could be violently rattled by unexpected turbulence at any moment, of course.And, of course, social media scaredy cats are slamming the mile-high hideaway as a place you go to “die.”“What in the coffin is this?,” questioned a confounded commenter beneath the clip.  “My claustrophobia could never.

Getting nauseous just watching it,” a queasy cynic quipped. “It must be like sleeping in a MRI scanner,” another teased. “Omg don’t want to be morbid but you would have no chance in an accident,” warned a worrywart. “I would die in there,” wrote an equally pessimistic fusspot. But Kaytee’s peculiar crawlspace isn’t all that uncommon. In fact, a number of long-range aircrafts — planes capable of flying far distances sans stopping for fuel — boast built-in bunk rooms called crew rest compartments, according to Travel and Leisure. Each little sleep lounge, which are often found above or below the main cabin in the rear of the plane, offers skyway workers a mattress and a thick privacy curtain for a little peace and quiet. However, the plushness of the compact cubicles notwithstanding, some underwhelmed flight attendants have deemed the ...