Darkprincess69
High Priestess of Slaanesh
Well I'm pretty sure that the rear stairs was never designed to be used that way but it certainly has beenI made a model of a Boeing 727 and was very happy to discover it featured a hinged staircase at the rear.. I didn’t know it was ever used in-flight!
Most modern airliners don't have them because they tend to be larger and with the engines under the wings instead of at the back as in the 727, meaning that the plane stands much higher on the ground meaning that the stairs would have to be much longer and thus heavier, resulting in lower fuel efficiency and in these days of high fuel costs and penny-pinching corporations, I guess that makes a lot of sense