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Saturday's Quotable Traveler

Pilots Sleep in LAX Airport Parking Lots

KABC Bernadette with LAX rv's pilots use for sleeping

With the recent revelation regarding pilots who may have fallen asleep during a flight and overshot their destination. I found this interesting report from Los Angles radio station KABC. They sent the sexy intern Bernadette out to parking lot B to speak with pilots regarding sleeping in RV's in an airport owned parking lot that sits just below one of the approach paths. For just $60 per month pilots can park an RV and use it for layovers. Often with short turnarounds between flights it is faster to catch a shuttle over to Lot B than it is to catch a hotel shuttle, check in, and then return to the airport after resting. See Google Map below. Zoom out to see relationship with runways 25 Left and Right, the longest at LAX, and used by the big heavy jets.



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See more of Bernadette and photos she took. Don't be distracted by her clevage, be sure to listen to the audio clip embedded in the page.