Bad day at the Office?
No, I simply don't believe that QANTAS, as a matter of course, put crew before confirmed fare paying passengers and I explained how it will sometimes work with crew who are urgently required somewhere. It is done on priorities and captains don't have the authority to bust this.
and I could sleep.
followed by;
not when folk were sleeping
Make your mind up.
The second half of your original post comes across as a disgruntled, anti-crew, passengers whinge, possibly not what you intended?.