Dai Rear,
I agree with you...a case of RTFQ, I think. I knew the 747 Captain involved. A tragic waste of a human life brought about by poor company procedures for dealing with people who get themselves in trouble for WHATEVER reason.
Interesting bit of insider stuff. I understand that resigning, the guys protect their pension and notice payments. Not much for the FO, but serious money for the Captain . I also heard from an inside source that , as Visual has already posted,after tendering their resignations, the Norwegian medical results came back showing a blood level result of ZERO !!!!!
The Norwegians have requested that the pilots return for further tests. I assume they've been told where to go.