What I did object to was being rostered on Christmas Day at our capital city base, which was 2 hours drive from my normal base, for a 50 mile return sector. Two passengers to be picked up from an Ansett flight at midday.
Drove the bus to Ansett pickup and checked the old fashion arrivals board. Flight number did not show on the arrivals board. Checked with the information counter only to be told that the flight was cancelled because it was Christmas Day!!
To this day, I still do not know where those two pax are.