but I'm sure you have further horror stories
- haven't we all? Night NCL-LCA-NCL with tank over-ride in LCA to get the fuel on? I'm not sure that swapping 'war stories' is any good, though. My point remains - it does not need to be L2. A day LCA out of BFS should be well inside the 13
1/4 'old money' FDP let alone the blessed 'new'?
No-one is suggesting it was enjoyable, nor was LGW-TLV-LGW on a Classic (5:15 each way with a 1:15 turn) but it was do-able, even if excess (30%) discretion eventually caused the 'sleeping regulator' to step in (and it went to a 3 day main-line trip, poor dears

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Crews have been used for years. Admit it.
.- of course, but did they still take the job?