Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Attendant Current
Confusion
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Company Policy; Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors; Procedure
Temporary; COVID inspired FARs require that only one Flight Attendant (FA) can take their break in the crew facility per break. However; FARs (and company policies as well) state that if the crew facility is occupied at all; the bunk with the phone in it 'must' be occupied as well. Therefore; if FAs are not allowed to occupy more than one bunk per break in order to keep physical distance from other FAs and not re-use any bunks; then we would actually be violating the FAR that requires the phone bunk to be occupied. Therefore; I occupied the phone bunk on this flight for my break in order to fulfill that FAR and safe practice. I left my mask on during my contractual rest break.  There was another FA in the facility as well; in the most forward bunk furthest away from the phone bunk; which is the most aft on the right side.For the second break; another FA occupied the phone bunk (after I had wiped all surfaces I had touched) in order to fulfill that safety requirement--but in violation of the COVID policy not reusing of bunk rule. There was also another FA taking their (second) break in  the facility.I feel it is 'more' unsafe to not comply with the requirement of having a FA in the phone bunk if the rest area is being occupied; therefore I complied with the older (and more logical) FAR. Senior FA who chose to use bunk for their break did not want to use the phone bunk. Also; I feel it is unsafe to only have one FA taking their contractual rest break in the facility per rest break. I have occasionally encountered FAs on rest breaks that have had health issues that needed medical attention. If someone were to suffer a health emergency while alone on a rest break; it could be a long time before another crew member could be alerted. Also; if a fire were to break out in the rest area we would not have enough FAs to both fight the fire and to communicate to the cockpit on the status of such an incident.
Flight Attendant reported safety concerns with having to follow COVID-19 procedures regarding the use of the crew rest area.