Poor Paula, she's really getting it hard! and only if I could have flown in a straight line
Negotiate more time off! don't you think i've done quite a good job so far? I know what you mean and I appreciate how keen you are to keep going but sadly I have other lads careers to think about too. I loose one of the team in October to go back to his career and i've lost both engineers back to the green machine. Three in the office and me in the air (soon).
Next time eh.
(i'm sorry you think the flight to Sydney is nothing, perhaps when you read the book you'll feel different).
All the best.