Originally Posted by
TOWTEAMBASE
And then they end up going to baggage reclaim with everyone else's ;-)
From what I've seen, at least on any aircraft I have dealt with (I'm ground staff) the crew bags which do go in the hold are then bought to the aircraft side almost immediately to be put on crew transfer buses.
I have seen CC at normal check in desks on the odd occasion when they don't go through their dedicated processing areas, but their baggage has always had special tags on them so the loaders know to pack them differently.