Hey c'mon fellas. In with the hate, out with the love.
I've seen ALL fleets pull the stops out for an aeromed or comp A. That's in our nature. Maybe we need to draw a line between what constitutes an operational task and a routine, scheduled AT task:
Is a Trimotor from KAF to the UK really operational flying? Or is it just AT flying in support of operations? If it's the latter, then why tolerate
any factors that degrade flight safety?
How happy would you be taking the wife and kids on holiday flown by a crew who were busting their crew duty limits and had crap rest during their layover because their company put them four to a room on a daystop? Particularly if it was highly likely that they would be operating a jet with a list of unserviceabilities adding to the.... interest factor!!
Take care out there.
Arty F