Obviously a cover up
Its sad to see that an upper management person is involved as to see the details of the explanation can only come from someone in upper management.
As for the drinking whiskey and just sitting around, this is an insult as I have been involved for a while and I am a Mormon, so this cannot be. So lets leave insults aside and get to the real problems.
The crews are intimidated at many times or are just have no where else to go and thus feel they must not say anything. The moral here is low and does not need to be this way. Direction comes from above, meaning upper management, and if they support the crews and show that they are doing things, such as maintenance and living conditions then there would be no problems. This is not the case and it shows.
Most of us are pilots here, but the airline is run by FE's with no input from the pilots. This is where the communication is breaking down and resentment exist.
Lets fix these problems and prosper, but not send out an almost threatening letter from the DFO that the crews are not doing there part. These crews are above and beyond their part and it shows with only standby instruments last week.
This crew should well commended!!