bug smasher:
You are correct, the only thing embarrassing is when posters add no value by sharing their own, ridiculous assumptions.
Jetlegs:
Sounds like the Cabin Crew Department needs a reality check. A common ailment of North American Airlines.
It is unfortunate that the Flight Ops side (without knowing the details) has some useless rule in place.
Again... it all sounds to familiar.
One side of this story has been blabbed all over the Internet, that of the F/A's.
- I find it very difficult to believe that the two F/O's wouldn't have talked some sense into the Captain.
- For that matter, the two F/O's could have legally removed the Captain of his Command.
If the story is, as told by the F/A's.
There is WAY more to this story.
Until then, I side with the Pilot In Command.