And did you hear about the 145 crew that was ordered by OPS to position a 145 from MAN to EXT VFR for one off maintenance action. Capt politely declined the offer, but was told to get on with it by Ops. Fortunately, the Flight Ops Director agreed with the Captain and it didn’t happen. Would have been interesting though, trying to navigate round all the zones / VRP’s trying to maintain ground contact and 5k vis with nothing more than an airways chart. Wonder if BA would have appreciated all the complaints being directed to them. 145 in BA colours.
BTW, the new Herc J’s cruise at up to FL 340.