411A: what a batch of twaddle!
I'm fairly certain that the poison leprechaun was nowhere near Sharjah on the day, nor did he jump out from behind the Jeppessens to distract the crew during their unfortunate abort....
Your comments on cutting pay and "and hence, less than desirable folks find themselves, in command." is absolute BOLLUX!
You continue to prove why AAI let you go in the first place. The "DCM medal" ...Don't come Monday.... must absolutely burn on your chest!
Both the Captain and F/O are, to my certain knowledge, much more capable than thou! Your brash, asinine comments have no place in any viable discussion of the issue.
& Doubleu-ancher:
The fact that the pay is below industry standards is not much of your concern, since you're obviously not in the business. Did you happen to "want" to fly for Cathay mainline at some point. I heard the same CR*P from "main-liners" while at AHK.