I'm wondering what TOD has to do with the individual or situation overall
I work in the same force as the guy who missed his flight, though not at the same base; being far from immune to mistakes myself (though not usually quite so daft and avoidable mistakes), I would hope to be treated slightly differently were I to be in the saem situation in future. As we're a small force, news of his mistake has spread far and wide already!
get a life chaps and report when you are asked to
Yes I agree, but I just feel sorry for the bloke who's now stuck in the Falklands for another week or so. Apparently his would-be replacement got held up/lost while trying to navigate around the floods - but that's not really an excuse given that the floods have had so much publicity...