thanks airhead10, nice thought.
funny enough, I was on standbye for christmas. I haven't any family around and asked if anybody wanted the day off and had no replies!!
Either these guys just want to fly all the time or the christmas spirit kicked in.
Funnily enough I never had a seconds thought that I would be called in. I guess that Christmas is that kind of time that a fellow pilot would literally be on his death bed and still fly rather than let someone else down.
I'm glad that despite these bad times the Christmas spirit still lives on.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year, lets hope I don't get called in on new years eve