A video showcasing a flight attendant's nighttime bed routine has gone viral on TikTok.
The footage was shared by TikTok user @linnkrouthen, who is a flight attendant for budget airline Norse Atlantic Airways. The video was taken aboard a Boeing 787-9 aircraft, according to a later comment from the poster.
A message overlaid on the clip says "Me casually making my 'bed' 40,000 ft up in the air." The video has amassed 2.9 million views since it was shared on July 25.
The footage shows the flight attendant adjusting the camera in a tube-like space, before she is later seen unwrapping bedding for a sleeping area at the other end of it.
After she sets the sheets and pillow on the bed, which comes with seatbelt straps on the sides, the flight attendant is shown closing a small curtain at the end of the bed before laying in it. She lays in the bed wearing her uniform and with her hair done up, with a blanket draped over herself.
"Thankful for crew bunks," the poster says in a caption shared with the post.
"Good night, see you in two hours," a note across the screen reads, as the flight attendant presses a button along the top of the space to switch the lights off as the clip ends.
Dan Bubb, a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who is a historian and former airline pilot, previously told Newsweek that pilots and flight attendants can access "a secret compartment" at the top of the plane that is "inaccessible and invisible to passengers."
Airline pilot Patrick Smith, the author of Cockpit Confidential, previously told Newsweek that pilots retire in a bunk room that is "squirreled away" somewhere on, above, or below the main passenger deck.
On aircraft that don't have these bunks, a first- or business-class seat is used instead, often cordoned off with a curtain, Smith said.
The viral post comes as the flight attendant profession was put at 48th in this year's edition of the annual "100 Best Jobs" ranking by U.S. News and World Report. The job ranked third among the highest paying jobs without a degree and fifth in the rankings for the best civil service jobs and best jobs without a college degree.
Flight attendant employment is forecast to grow 11 percent from 2022 to 2032, "much faster than the average for all occupations," said the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
'Like a Coffin'
TikTok users were horrified by the confined space in which the flight attendant was shown to be resting.
A r y a said "That would feel like a coffin" and @naive321123 said it was "like a grave."
Eevie1 wrote, "It's like sleeping in an MRI machine."
Leika Souffrant wrote "My claustrophobia could never" and ejopinion agreed, saying, "Dawg, that is claustrophobic."
"I wouldn't be able to go to sleep with my hair tied up like that," said @mibexxm.
Some were less bothered, such as Cut2theChase99 who said "Looks cozy. I'd have some earmuffs on too."
Hugo agreed, saying, "Looks so cozy" and amber wrote, "It looks comfy tho."
Newsweek has contacted the original poster for comment via TikTok. This video has not been independently verified.
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