Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Attendant Current
Communication Breakdown; Confusion; Distraction; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
After nearly a 12 hour duty day on date and over 8 hrs of actual flight time my crew and I were advised on the way to our layover hotel that one of our crew members tested positive for COVID.  Once we arrived at the Hotel the crew member that was positive was sent to another hotel [to] quarantine.  The rest of us were told we had to be back downstairs to return to base for a XE:45am pickup.  It was nearly XA:00am by this time.  I told the individual that called us we were not legal and needed our rest.  The idea of being exposed to COVID and now no opportunity to sleep was unacceptable.  He stated that we had to be on the first flight available to return to base.  We were not going to continue to argue; so we did as we were told.  He said this was just a deadhead but that wasn't the point; we needed our rest and there was another flight several hours later that potentially we might have been legal for.  We were on duty for more than 20 hours with no additional pay or compensation.  COVID or not our contract should have been honored under these circumstances most especially.  Does COVID negate FAR's and Contractual agreements?
Flight Attendant reported that after a long flight; they were told one of the crew members had tested positive for COVID-19; yet they were asked to fly the next morning with only 4 hours of rest.  Flight Attendant expressed concerns with company's handling of being exposed to COVID-19 and scheduling.