i say again
fire the lot of them. legal BS asside, the MEL and captains discretion are , by my understanding, put in place to afford the crew the oppertunity to continue a flight to the best interest of safety and secondly the interest of the company, some crew seem to forget who pays them each month and when given an opertunity to help the company out within the confines of the law, then by god, the crew should go out of their way to help them out. Why bother to join aviation if you are not prepared to be flexible and ensure the company makes a proffit and everone gets to keep their job. By their actions, they robbed their fellow crew of money in the kitty for bonuses, training, pay increases and so on. if they were my fellow crew, I for one would have a serious issue with that. I hope that SAA makes a serious example of this.
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