Originally Posted by
iaflyer
It's not just "used to" - I was taking an British Airways A380 from LHR to ORD a couple of years ago on vacation. I stopped by the cockpit to say hi and chatted a bit. It was a 2 man crew - no rest breaks... and none on the way back either.
As I posted that’s the norm in Europe. They don’t do extra crew members and rest breaks.