Maximum Pete,
I have to confess - one of the airlines I was in Crew Control for was a certain low-cost airline now no-longer with us....and crew did work hard day after day....and I was one of those pain up the arses in Crewing pestering people....but I had a job to do.
So are you going to the GAPAN dinner in May ? We could probably have a long discussion over this one so let's do it whilst getting drunk eh ???