Geez you guys at XL do great with 9 crew on the 767, at Qantas we only have 7
Not anymore they don't. Unfortunately, XL went into administration in 2008
BBC NEWS | Business | Airline industry faces turbulent times
But that's a different story.
At Ryanair there are no crew rest areas. The crew at the back usually eat their dinner sitting on their J/S. There is no privacy either (it's not nice when people queuing for the toilets stare at you as you eat your dinner); the management took off ALL curtains on ALL a/c some years back.
At the front you can't really seat on the J/S and eat your dinner as you have pax in row 1 looking at you. The galley is very small, so you end up having your meal either sitting on a bar box (wasn't my favorite, eating while people do their business in the toilet and then the "aroma" hits you
) or standing up, hiding your head in the little gap between the oven and wall.
Having a meal at FR is THE ONLY break CC get. I gave up after a while, just didn't eat at work.