MSPeconomist

I don't know BA/UK/EU rules on this, but on USA legacy carrier flights, nonrevs who are jumpseat qualified (typically cabin crew employed by the airline operating the flight) can take such seats when there aren't regular passenger seats available. In some cases, a nonrev higher on the list who would be entitled to a regular seat on the flight will volunteer to take such a seat in order to enable an additional nonrev to make the flight. I've also seen two jumpseat qualified nonrevs share a jumpseat and a regular seat, switching off once or twice to make a long flight less uncomfortable. Nonrevs should get last choice of meals on board, so they would be given whatever business/coach/crew food is left; there wouldn't be additional catering provided for the jumpseats.