The deal for a dropped trip is part of the gotcha.
Either you are too tired to fly or it is illegal to fly...but I feel for the pilots.
...that for the life of me I couldn’t understand how he could make a decision to strand three hundred people at Macau, destroy so much good will, discount the excellent work we did in landing there safely, all because he wouldn’t allow us to drop our trips ...
The captain is whining that the company wouldn't buy his demand for a custom non-contractual trip drop, that kinda weakens the fatigue and safety argument in my mind. And the ferry boats weren't inspected by ALPA? A thousand violins...
This is legacy union mentality on a very legacy failing airline. We'll see how much longer it lasts.
I've flown on UA 895 in business class several times, the service is not red hot by international standards. The cabin crews are, shall we say, quite senior and have attitudes.
The Captain was Garry Kravits.
Hmmm, I know that name from somewhere...