Sorry WCP, I beg to differ.
Some flights are rostered so tight that it is sometimes impossible not to use discretion. The company should monitor this but they choose to ignore it.
Usually when you get to destination, you are informed that one of the pilot rosters has changed and you now have to do 3 man ULH or you are told that your rest is reduced. It happens all the time.
How about Captains being called the day before and asked if they will use discretion for the next day’s flight. It happens. When the Captains declines, the roster changes and an extra crew is called. This is not allowed to happen and a MOR should be filed.
Maybe it’s possible that just flying from YVR to HKG and back you don’t see much of this, but it happens all the time. Most times if it does happen to you, you may think it is an isolated incident but it happens all the time.
So I act professionally and don’t go if I am unfit to complete the flight. I owe it to the passengers, that’s professionalism. That’s what I am paid for. I don’t do it to prove a point.
No I am not wound up because of anonymous posts; I wound up because of the facts.