On the subject of misinformation...
I remember SLF'ing on a Britannia flight many moons ago out of MAN. 4 hour delay, no biggie for me, but a fair number of PAX made their way over to the gate/airline's customer service desk, to be told the captain was still in bed...
cue: crowd of angry PAX asking for home phone numbers for the flight crew. Unbelievable.
Ended up going out on an Air Atlanta tristar though, so I was happy anyway.