I like that trick, inserting quotes in little boxes... I'll have to figure out how to do it...
As for the 'thanks', you're welcome
You clarified the point about the non-flying GM, and nope, he doesn't have an Australian Flight Crew Licence but he has some serious hours clocked up over his career... Surely that would put him in a reasonably good position to query the decision made by the PIC?
I think that
maybe (and this I don't know for sure) the cancellations have to be justified, rather than 'approved', per se? (for example, to make sure that the 'lightning bolts' are actually in the clouds, and not just in the aforementioned PIC's head from too many bourbons the night before?)
Not that I would
ever suggest that pilots might be inclined to drink too much...
kidding kidding- don't all shoot me!
The PIC absolutely has final say about going up...
No one agrees more than I, that the award is 
... You seriously gotta look at the system though... when was the last time you walked into a car yard and offered the salesman $5,000 more than the ticket price? 