Jesus H
Don't your Flt Cdrs/Boss have better things to do. Ours are constantly chasing our shadows. We sometimes get a weekend off before being sponged again for 2 - 4 wks in the desert. The record is 4 crews having 18 hrs from call fm Flt Cdr to airborne in a VC10 - this while being on 3 days notice to move! We haven't got a 'snowball's chance in Oman' of getting our leave entitlement this year and everyone knows it. At least our execs don't try and stiff us both ways as most of them have been stiffed to be detcos and operators as well. ACR debriefs are done on the email/phone/flt deck and while we are all meant to be resting at home, we get stiffed to be rent-a-crowd whenever someone visits the station, "oh and by the way, your PME/CCS/BTRs are out of date, there are no trg ac but you go back to theatre next week." Thank you, Sir - try a bigger bat next time - this one doesn't hurt enough!
Frankly, if some-one offered me promotion (unlikely) - I wouldn't touch it with yours!