FA sleeping on floors
Feb 2, 2026 | 1:55 am
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FA sleeping on floors
It was reported during the storms last week FA’s coujd not get in touch with operations on phone on phone for hours to determine schedule and layover hotel. Depending on the city there is always a hotel available may not be near the airport I would take a ubor and AA should allow and compensate for that.
Feb 2, 2026 | 6:37 am
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Dont disagree- but the devil is in the details. It could be a 45-60 minute drive to the nearest hotel with availability, transport availability both ways, and time needed to be back on duty.
Feb 2, 2026 | 1:20 pm
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It sounds like a good time that the FAs call out until they've had mandated, uninterrupted, legally required sleep. They don't get that on the floor of an airport.
Feb 2, 2026 | 2:14 pm
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A hotel room is nice but an inflatable mattress with a nice blanket and pillow in a secure, heated room beats the hell out of the general concourse.
Feb 2, 2026 | 6:19 pm
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FAs are not legal to work until they get legal rest. They should compensated for the time away from base when they rent getting rest.
Last edited by fly18725; Feb 2, 2026 at 6:26 pm
Feb 2, 2026 | 9:17 pm
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sleeping on floors
This is a great idea, but does not comport with legal rest for working crew.
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Feb 4, 2026 | 5:11 am
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My thought was simpler. Have covers for the cushions on the seats, and thermal blankets and pillow in storage.
Bust them out when needed. Have a priority list with number tags you put by your spot. When hotel space opens up they quietly wake you and take you to the hotel to start the clock for true crew rest.
Bust them out when needed. Have a priority list with number tags you put by your spot. When hotel space opens up they quietly wake you and take you to the hotel to start the clock for true crew rest.
Feb 4, 2026 | 10:48 am
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I'm reading other places that since bookings are at such a high level, hotels do not see aircrews as the desirable baseline revenue they once did. Combine that with the airline trying to pay less anyway and it is a double whammy.
Feb 4, 2026 | 10:58 am
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My thought was simpler. Have covers for the cushions on the seats, and thermal blankets and pillow in storage.
Bust them out when needed. Have a priority list with number tags you put by your spot. When hotel space opens up they quietly wake you and take you to the hotel to start the clock for true crew rest.
Bust them out when needed. Have a priority list with number tags you put by your spot. When hotel space opens up they quietly wake you and take you to the hotel to start the clock for true crew rest.
Might even be better than the crash pads long-retired FA friends had in NYC. (Which were nothing more than one of several bunks in a shared room, a bit of lockable drawer space, and a shared bath). They were closer to a barracks than a good hotel.
Feb 4, 2026 | 12:11 pm
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I'm thinking it would be possible to arrange, in advance, for airport hotel conference rooms to be turned into severe IRROPS lodging. (In another place and time, I frequented an IAH airport hotel that was equipped for something like that--but they were thinking hurricane evacuations).
Certainly AA and other airlines, should be able to have a similar setup in some of the airport crew rooms, to use in extraordinary circumstances.