C’mon Keg...
1. “He didn’t ask to go to the 747”.
So he didn’t apply for the job? What, he was rung up one day and someone pleaded with him to do it? Of course he asked for the job, aka “applied” for it.
2. Just to clarify, are there NO other 747 supervisories able to conduct these flights, based on the “sharing” concept that the company so vigorously promotes?.