Most people have travelled on an aeroplane before and if you have, you might have noticed just how clean and properly in place everything is. Well, it doesn't happen all by itself. Aeroplanes have a lot of help when it comes to cleaning. Cleanliness and orderliness of the entire aircraft cabin are due to the fact that they hire the very best cleaners and cleaning services to get the job done.
Aircraft and Cabin Cleaning as an Occupation
As a job, aircraft cabin cleaning is considered quite the unique type of job that is best characterised by specific physical activities which are not controlled directly but rather through the service provider, as well as their workers.
These cabin cleaners often have a very tight schedule and, in some cases, can, in the long run, cause serious musculoskeletal disorders.
The Tasks and Duties of an Aircraft Cleaning Job
Some airline companies have different types of contracts with cleaning service providers which includes several types of services. These include cleaning services for a layover flight which is also referred to as an ‘overnight’ flight, transit cleaning and deep cleaning.
Whichever service is chosen all depends on the duration of which the aircraft will stay in the airport.
Transit Cleaning Tasks is one of the most common choices for cleaning an aeroplane and involves tasks such as seat pocket cleaning, seat cleaning, ashtray cleaning, toilet cleaning and replenishment, galley cleaning, floor cleaning and blanket management.
Layover cleaning is a lot more thorough than transit cleaning and involves tasks such as window cleaning, stowage cleaning, cabin crew cleaning in the cabin resting areas and window cleaning. As you could imagine, these are all extremely big jobs and takes either a lot of people or a lot of time to complete and deliver a spotless setting on an aeroplane.
About the Organisation that provides Aircraft Cleaners for the Cleaning Service
These organisations are responsible for the delegation of duties that these cleaners perform. Cleaning crews usually range between 5 to 6 members and are assigned to aircraft depending on the type of service that is required, whether it be deep cleaning, layover or transit cleaning.
The bigger the aircraft, the more cleaning members are required. For a bigger aircraft, there are usually up to 10 cleaning members. A very small aircraft usually only requires about 2.
Crew members tasks usually change work tasks and their class of service weekly. Every set of crew members has to complete around 7 to 8 different cycles of cleaning and have to stay on standby on the ramps on which aircraft lands to be able to get inside of the aeroplane quickly and clean it thoroughly before it takes off again.
