Lol Guppy!
That's why I suspected maybe you were a management pilot, your tremendous sense of humor!
So in your vast thirty year jet career you never accepted a substandard alternate right next to destination that was somewhat lacking in facilities or weather independence? Wow. Airports in the islands must have all been widened and staffed with heavy tuggs just waiting just for you in case you had to divert! Are you a Saudi prince?
Why do I get the feeling that instead, you are a flight engineer on this classic? You must be an important one though since you tell your company you're not going all the time!
We used to have a saying when ops handed us an iffy game plan and I'd get on the phone to discuss it: "We're going anyway!"
Cheers mates!
pac