Capot:
The difficulty for the crew is illustrated neatly by Bealzebub, a Captain, a master of the committee decision, saying:
if called upon to make a decision, I would base that decision on their (ie CC) recommendation.
while lowcostdolly, who is evidently what it says on the tin, tells us;
As a last resort I would consult the Captain if I could not resolve the problem myself
I do realise that these two statements, seen in their contexts, are not totally contradictory, but neither poster really answered the question of what decision they would come to when decision time is upon them.
When the senior looks at the Captain and the Captain looks at the senior and they both draw a blank, the simple answer is to call Operations on the cell phone (after all we're still on the ground). It doesn't mean you'll get a good solution, but it means that the responsibility has been deferred to the poor bugger who answered the phone and the consequences of the decision lies with someone else... Which is what really matters.