I only read part of the first page of this excellent topic. Very late over here.
Do you guys/gals have a small, fairly quiet room near where you leave your flight bags, in which some comfy chairs or sofas are available?
In the US, our NTSB finally admitted several years ago that fatigue was the main cause of a tragic accident in which a cargo DC-8 crew had been up a very long time and crashed (cartwheeled) while trying to land in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba which has a hazardous, (required) close-in turn to final approach, in oreder to avoid off-limits areas. Don't no whether any of them fully recovered. They were with some branch of Connie Kallitta freight ops, based at Ypsilanti at Willow Run Airport (YIP), by Detroit, MI, coincidentally, where many B-24s (featured in Stephen Ambrose' latest, "the Wild Blue") were built in the 40's.
This is much easier said than done, but if one is really beat, declare crew rest and tell the hotel desk no telephone calls until...if your license and future career are in jeopardy.
A TWA crew (pilots and flt att's) once endured a rock band which trashed rooms all night long in a Wichita Hotel, then got off the trip after the first (early) leg into the hub at STL. The young hotel valet dude had earlier hidden the band members in some room, right when the police showed up.
[ 19 December 2001: Message edited by: Ignition Override ]