Crew resting on flights
Jul 22, 2014, 9:18 am
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Crew resting on flights
On my recent jfk-cdg flight, I noticed the flight attendants went to the crew cabin to sleep. I started wondering why they get to sleep on such a 'short' flight (less than 8 hours). How come it's different than a regular 9-5 job, in which you don't get to take time off to rest. On 'long' flights (8 hours or more), I can understand the reason, but why on 'short' flights also?
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Jul 22, 2014, 9:21 am
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On my recent jfk-cdg flight, I noticed the flight attendants went to the crew cabin to sleep. I started wondering why they get to sleep on such a 'short' flight (less than 8 hours). How come it's different than a regular 9-5 job, in which you don't get to take time off to rest. On 'long' flights (8 hours or more), I can understand the reason, but why on 'short' flights also?
Thanks in advance
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Jul 22, 2014, 10:35 am
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Agreed. The JFK-CDG is the only flight they work that day. This being said, there is some pre-flight prep and (very little) work after the flight. But there is not much for them to do during the middle of the flight, so no reason to not let them have a rest, IMO. It may also be legally requred, but I don't know how long a flight has to be for that to be the case.
Jul 22, 2014, 11:18 am
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On my recent jfk-cdg flight, I noticed the flight attendants went to the crew cabin to sleep. I started wondering why they get to sleep on such a 'short' flight (less than 8 hours). How come it's different than a regular 9-5 job, in which you don't get to take time off to rest.
As for the JFK-CDG, not sure which airline this was on, but some operators have stipulations in their collective agreements that provide for crew rest periods on overseas flights or flight above a certain block time. It is also possible that the FA operated a flight or multiple flights that day into JFK and the JFK-CDG was the last leg for that particular duty day.
Did the crew rest adversely impact your flight in some way?
Jul 22, 2014, 12:02 pm
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