CaptainTim From Hong Kong, joined Dec 2004, 431 posts, RR: 0 Posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 14920 times:
I have a question on the use of crew rest area for passengers especially on CX flights. What is the SOP for Flight attendants on CX regarding the use of crew rest areas for passengers even if they are First Class Passengers?
I bring this question up based on a trip report I read:
quote "[On these long, long flights there really isn't anything to do after the meal service so my gf and I were cudlling and watching movies. With the magnificent large bed one thing led to another and soon my friend Alvin was at our side saying would you like the privacy of our crew rest upstairs? It is currently unoccupied. My gf and I looked at each other and were like, sure why not? We haven't been in the mile high club yet!......]"
I was just curious what the policy is for passengers to utilize the crew rest area even if it is empty and not in use. I have seen on multiple occasions, the crew rest area being used for medical emergencies however, I was just curious what CX policy is and what CX feels about their F/A encouraging passengers to use the crew rest area for more intimacy...
I know SQ discourages any sort of inappropriate behavior on their Suites even with a double bed on the 380s.
thanks i was just curious!
CaptainTim
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FlyASAGuy2005 From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 6519 posts, RR: 11 Reply 1, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 14894 times:
This is quite boggling to me. I wonder if, for U.S. flagged a/c, there is an FAA reg. baring the use of crew rest suites but passengers?
Interesting to say the least and sounds very inappropriate. I mean, why would the F/A even encourage it? THEY will have to use that smelly, stinky, well you get the point
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Captaintim From Hong Kong, joined Dec 2004, 431 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 14846 times:
Well on FAR Part 121.313
[For airplanes equipped with a crew rest area having separate entries from the flightdeck and the passenger compartment, a door with such a locking means must be provided between the crew rest area and the passenger compartment.]
The only FAR that I have knowledge of regarding the use of crew rest area is this one part 121.313 but does anyone have other information regarding individual airline policies and regulatory policies for passengers to use the crew rest area?
What hit me was how inappropriate it was for a F/A to suggest them to move somewhere more intimate and more boggling was that the F/A would eventually have to spend time in the crew rest area him/herself so why would you want to sleep in a bed someone just did the fun time in?
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Skymiler From United States of America, joined Aug 2007, 469 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 14830 times:
Er -- just read the sticker on the door to the rest area on the Delta 777LR's! Quite clear about "occupancy" limits on the furniture!
Ikramerica From United States of America, joined May 2005, 21029 posts, RR: 60 Reply 4, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 14818 times:
Sounds like a made up story to me. People make up stories about sex all the time.
Of all the things to worry about... the Wookie has no pants.
Captaintim From Hong Kong, joined Dec 2004, 431 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 14766 times:
I believe the sticker says 1 occupant and ontop of that i believe if i am not mistaken, the sticker also states that the occupant must be trained in how to react in rapid decompression because it is quite different in the crew rest area from the passenger seat.
in addition, isn't it a security threat because the crew rest area has a direct access to the cockpit? the crew rest area depicted is the pilot one and not the F/A one which has more beds at the back of the plane.
[Edited 2009-04-10 19:21:11]
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Captaintim From Hong Kong, joined Dec 2004, 431 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 14740 times:
Quoting TG992 (Reply 5): the CX crew were picking lint out of the carpet with a flashlight at night?
I have seen on SQ first class, F/As clean up the carpet during the night with a flashlight as i was walking past and almost tripped on a F/A who was on the floor cleaning something up. possibly not lint but something!
Quoting TG992 (Reply 5): The report is quite clearly satire.
What happens if it was true, it could have been true that the F/A truly was that generous to open up the pilot crew rest area to the passengers. and also the trip reporter is quite dumb to name the F/As who brought him up as he is risking that persons's career.
Do pilots on CX use the Shanghai Tang First class sheets in their crew rest area cuz that is what this passenger is lying on in the picture.
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Zeke From Hong Kong, joined Dec 2006, 7725 posts, RR: 73 Reply 8, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 14449 times:
Quoting TG992 (Reply 5):
The report is quite clearly satire. Americans as a whole seem to be particularly bad at detecting satire (sorry, but it's a valid observation).
Very true, that crew rest would on a 4 crew flight have at least two pilots in it for most of the trip. During flight, it is a flight crew rest, it is where the flight crew rest, I would expect p see someone in there from about 1 hr ish after departure to 1 hr ish before arrival. I would suggest the photo was taken after the flight landed.
The aircraft is not registered in the US, CX does not follow FAR rules it follows the HK CAD rules. If anything the HK CAD rules are more aligned to JAR (European) rules.
Quoting CaptainTim (Thread starter): I have a question on the use of crew rest area for passengers especially on CX flights. What is the SOP for Flight attendants on CX regarding the use of crew rest areas for passengers even if they are First Class Passengers?
Only people allowed in those crew rests are people with the appropriate emergency procedures training, which could include off duty CX crew who are riding the jump seats.
Quoting Captaintim (Reply 2): What hit me was how inappropriate it was for a F/A to suggest them to move somewhere more intimate and more boggling was that the F/A would eventually have to spend time in the crew rest area him/herself so why would you want to sleep in a bed someone just did the fun time in?
FA would never make such a suggestion, just like they would not suggest taking you to the cockpit during flight. The cabin crew do not use that crew rest, and would have no idea if it had cockpit crew were occupying it.
After flight, having a quick look at the crew rest or the cockpit maybe done if you hold your tongue right, ask polity, and then it is still up to the crew. They are still busy for a period of time even while the passengers are alighting, and even when empty.
Quoting Captaintim (Reply 6):
in addition, isn't it a security threat because the crew rest area has a direct access to the cockpit?
No direct access to the cockpit.
Quoting Captaintim (Reply 7):
Do pilots on CX use the Shanghai Tang First class sheets in their crew rest area cuz that is what this passenger is lying on in the picture.
No, from memory the tag just says "Cathay Pacific" and a year on manufacture. Same with the brown blankets.
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TG992 From New Zealand, joined Jan 2001, 2910 posts, RR: 11 Reply 9, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 14427 times:
Quoting Captaintim (Reply 7): What happens if it was true, it could have been true that the F/A truly was that generous to open up the pilot crew rest area to the passengers. and also the trip reporter is quite dumb to name the F/As who brought him up as he is risking that persons's career.
It's not true, Tim - let me reinforce that. CharlesMD is a prolific and controversial poster on flyertalk.com, and I suspect this is a satire of his trip reports written by someone else.
However, if I had done the same thing on an Air New Zealand flight, I would have been terminated immediately following an investigation. Passengers are not permitted in crew rest areas because they are not trained in how to exit from it in the event of an emergency and/or jammed door, the oxygen masks in the event of decompression are in a different location to those in the cabin, and a myriad of other safety reasons, without even considering the obvious security issues.
Ikramerica From United States of America, joined May 2005, 21029 posts, RR: 60 Reply 10, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 14329 times:
Quoting TG992 (Reply 9): without even considering the obvious security issues
Or that letting strangers use your bed to make babies is just really icky...
Of all the things to worry about... the Wookie has no pants.
Captaintim From Hong Kong, joined Dec 2004, 431 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 14235 times:
Quoting Zeke (Reply 8):
The aircraft is not registered in the US, CX does not follow FAR rules it follows the HK CAD rules. If anything the HK CAD rules are more aligned to JAR (European) rules.
Yeah being an American trained pilot I only knew how to look up FAA. in addition i was responding to an earlier post where the other poster was wondering if it was an N registered aircraft if there were any FARS regarding crew rest area accesss. but thanks FAR's wasn't sure how and where to find the JAR rules but thanks
Quoting Zeke (Reply 8): Only people allowed in those crew rests are people with the appropriate emergency procedures training, which could include off duty CX crew who are riding the jump seats.
that is what i thought. since i fly Private aicrafts, i'm not sure entirely of the operations regarding crew rest area but from discussions with other pilots my understanding was occupants must have training in rapid decompression and emergency ops as you mentioned
Quoting Zeke (Reply 8): FA would never make such a suggestion, just like they would not suggest taking you to the cockpit during flight. The cabin crew do not use that crew rest, and would have no idea if it had cockpit crew were occupying it.
exactly what i thought. F/As use the rest area at the aft correct? but i did thought cabin crew had acess to the cockpit crew rest area guess i am wrong thanks for the info though ZEKE
Quoting TG992 (Reply 9): harlesMD is a prolific and controversial poster on flyertalk.com, and I suspect this is a satire of his trip reports written by someone else.
thanks, i don't know much about charles MD but i'm glad i got this out of the system. i was quite disturbed when i went through the trip reports to find this floating around.
i dont know if this was written by someone else. it seems like he wrote it as i found it under his own charlesmd trip report post but it was linked to the google docs.
just search charlesmd on trip report and you will find this post
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