Where do flight attendants sleep?

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spanther_22

with the pilot usually OMG I THOUGHT I WAS BEING FUNNY AND ORIGINAL BUT IM THE ZILLIONTH PERSON TO SAY THIS. still apoint is a point

EHFAR

OMG!!!!

If you have a trip that is 2 days or more, you stay in a hotel that has been approved by the union and the company.

If you have a 1 day trip...that means you started at your base and end up there at the end of the day. All airlines have various day and multi-day trips. We bid on what we want to fly and it is awarded on seniority. We can trade trips, so we might fly a one day followed by a two day...just depends.

The hotel may be very nice or it may be small, right by the airport....sometimes it isn't very glamorous.

Going to London would require a layover in London as our flight time and duty days are governed by the FAA. Yes, we have limitations.

Marsha

Depends on the type of trip they are working. Most airlines have trips that are from 1day to 6 or more days. If you have a one day trip you start in the city where you are domiciled (no necessarily where you live a lot of f/a commute to work) and end in that city and you are responsible for your own accommodations. If you have a 2 or more day trip every "night" (8 or more hour layover) you are given a hotel room by the airline.

sellatieeat

it really depends. if its a short flight sometimes they go on the flight back to where they came from. if not then they stay where they were dropped of at. if its from vegas to london, i think they would stay in london and rest before flying back.

kingstonsean

"So if you lived in vegas and your plane flew to London, at the end of the day, would you be in Vegas or in London?" Depends. Did the plane leave without you? Then you'd still be in Vegas. Vegas to London would usually be a red-eye, so if you did get on the plane, then at the end of the day you'd probably be somewhere over eastern Canada or the Atlantic. You'll make a great flight attendant. (When flight attendants fly as a passenger back to their original point of departure - their base - they call it dead-heading. I wonder why?)

grendeth

The beatiful ones end up getting picked up by strangers thus avoiding the company the need to house them. The fat ones end up renting a hotel room at the company expense.

That is why it is in the best interest of the airline to hire beautiful ladies/girls. OK give me my thumbs down for being politically incorrect...you fatties.

Jeffrey K

they sleep sitting up, on the pilot's lap

Kenny J

I managed a hotel restaurant and they had three rooms for flight staff, aka, pilots, flight attendents.

smile!

They usually get free hotel stays.

Dookie

With Glen Quagmire

cherry_pie260

my uncle a flight attendant
he stays at this one place where most of his planes will go.
then after he's all done that plane will go back to the one place where he will stay there a room for the flight attendants.
either a hotel they stay at for a couple weeks or at the airline place there a bed.

SmartA$$

depends on the routes they serve, and the union contracts etc, but it is very common for flight atendents to stay over-night in the destination city in a hotel when serving longer flights like international flights. They typically just stay 1 night in a hotel then work a return flight the next day.

Explorer

in hotels

Clown Knows

They either have apartments or rent hotel rooms.

slim s

they sleep on beds :P lol

nope

Unless the plane is going back to Vegas that night you'd sleep in london.

CEO&LittleLeagueMom

All of the above. They are only allowed to fly a certain number of hours before they are required to take a break (and sleep). If they're on a long flight (to London, for example), or a series of flights that cause them to end up away from home, they do what's called a 'layover' and sleep in a hotel near the airport. Their work schedules generally get organized so they can get 'home' for the 'weekend' (unless they choose otherwise). Sometimes their work never takes them all the way home - I used to know a flight attendant who lived in Hawaii but flew exclusively long hauls from SF to Europe - when she wanted to 'go to work' she had quite a commute!

With regional carriers (like American Eagle), I believe the attendants get home at night more often than the national carriers (at least when they can).

â™¥AbErCrOmBiEâ™¥

when they land in a place, they can go home if it's there hometown. if not, then they get to rent a free room in a hotel where the rest of the crew is staying. or they can rent an apartment. and they get a vacation in which they can go home and relax!!

repoed2

They stay in hotels, At least I think they do.

thebaltimoron

my house!

hellooo (=

AHAHHA i love it! "with pilots" and "with Gwen Quadmire" classicc! hahaha

movngfwd

one sleeps at my place... once in a while!
other than that... i believe there are sleeping quarters... for them to sleep on the plane... for long trips. with the luggage???

TIME's Person of the Year

Whatever their home station is, they are guaranteed to stay a certain # of nights there. However, being flight attendants they do spend a lot of time traveling and staying in different cities/countries.

Skyhawk

Usually with the pilots. :)

ayanna kerr

they go home and sleep there

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