Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 172; Flight Crew Total 13765; Flight Crew Type 4347
Other / Unknown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown
General None Reported / Taken
Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors; Company Policy
When pre-flighting the cabin for Flight ABC; it was noticed that there were no pillows at all brought on board for the pilot crew rest facility. This flight originally begins in ZZZZ1 it makes a short stop in ZZZZ then continues to ZZZ.The pilots who originate the beginning of Flight ABC in ZZZZ1 should preflight the entire airplane including provisioning for the crew rest on the longer section from ZZZZ to ZZZ. There is no provisioning allowed at all in ZZZZ.The flight attendants were able to find three first class seats that were unoccupied and pillows from those seats; note that this is less provisioning per pilot than normal (1 pillow vs 2) and one pilot which happens to be myself which received no pillows at all.In this one instance I happened to find pillows that were tucked into our used bedding area in the crew bunk. It became a decision between canceling a flight due to a lack of pillows or me using the used pillows from the inbound Aircraft X from ZZZ to ZZZZ.I feel it is unacceptable to be forced into a situation of using used bedding especially in this time of a pandemic or canceling a flight.  The decision to accept the used bedding was mine and I did get rest on the flight as I should have but the concerns of using potentially tainted pillows and blankets I feel is unacceptable and this should be corrected.
With all of the protective measures these days trying to make sure we protect our flight crews from contracting the COVID-19 virus; this is total disregard for our safety and well being. When pre-flighting the aircraft; we found all crew rest provisions had been used at least once and possibly multiple times prior to our flight. With a double augmented crew; this also meant that the onboard provisions would have to be used at least twice more. We tried diligently to get clean provisions before departure to no avail. The on duty operations manager actually stated; 'Use a first class duvet for a pillow.' This would be if there were even any duvets. This aircraft came from ZZZZ2 with XXX passengers onboard. We are warned to clean our cockpits thoroughly before and after the flights. We all use face masks diligently. What good does this do when we have to put our head on pillows and bodies on blankets that have been used by multiple people.
Air carrier flight crew reported having to use bedding and pillows during crew rest that were previously used.