If in fact he recently nursed his father till his death, and is at this time tending to his very sick mother then why is he not being paid to stay home and do just that? Oh, silly me, its our brave new world, where its only the bottom line that counts, not the wellfare of long time employees, in an industry in which profit is the only consideration. {See many threads on this forum from P2F to EK to get this} Further to this, why was the pax not prosecuted for standing when the belt sign was on? Where is the Captain in this?Where is the company?why are they not nailing the pax for endangering the other SLF on the aircraft? Im so glad Im retired if this is the new working enviroment.