Page 5 of Appendix A refers to the “Commander requesting the Dispensation”, why did the commander accept it?
It also states “the commander is responsible for the aircraft for the intended flight”. He will get the shaft if something happens? Why take that responsibility for CX. They will hang you like the Chief Pilot on the 777.
Seems the commander had an opportunity not to do the flight but decided to do it.
All they had to say was “I didn’t get any sleep in the afternoon and I am too tired to complete the duty with two crew”. Seems very simple to me but we don’t want to strand 300 passengers for CX mess ups now do we?
As for disciplinary action, well it’s that fear thingy again. The day we start bending the rules out of fear of disciplinary action is the day we should hang the aircraft keys on the door and leave. You cannot operate like that.
What happened to “I’m too tired”?
