Where do flight attendants and pilots rest on long-haul flights?

Question

On long-haul flights, where do flight attendants and pilots go to rest?

Answer 1

On long-haul flights, flight attendants and pilots have access to rest compartments, which are hidden rooms usually located in overhead areas of the aircraft. These compartments contain beds with pillows, duvets, and safety belts. Pilots often have their own private quarters with additional amenities like business class seats and a lavatory.

Comments

I used to be a flight attendant and let me tell you, not all airlines treat cabin crew so nicely. We were expected to sleep in regular economy class seats on long haul flights with only a curtain separating us from the rest of the cabin and no seats on flights less than 6 hours, so you eat standing or in galley jumpseats if there were any. Our airline was awarded 4 stars and considered one of the friendliest airline (crew). And when we were all mass terminated, most of us found out without any direct communication!! No package and not even a reference letter. Heartbreaking. Next time you book a flight to the friendly islands in the South Pacific, remember most of the staff get paid less that USD 15000 per annum and work under not so ideal conditions.

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That study about the pilots falling asleep was done on a small select group of pilots who were being overworked. These airlines were overworking their pilots so the EASA stepped in and did a study to have evidence for them to stop overworking their pilots. Nowadays you will not see a commercial plane without autopilot. It's become too crucial due to the advancements in technology

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When I was 17 I was flying from India to America, all on what we then called "jumbo jets".  On one leg of the trip my seatmate was a flight attendant on another airline.   She played her "I'm special" card and got permission to take me on a tour of the plane.   We started with the cockpit where I got to meet the pilots and finished up with that little secret room.   It was very cool.

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Sharing: The last point - there are specific seats for 'storing' them on passenger seats, I observed they are usually on the last row on the right side of plane, hence those last row of seats have an overhead rail to draw a curtain around them.

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The unfortunate thing is that once a person dies nature takes over and the body starts to decompose so putting the body into locker would be an excellent idea instead of keeping it with the rest of the passengers.