To my knowledge not a single individual amongst the flight crew or cabin crew ever objected to doing those Saigon turn around flights. There were no accolades as management expected it to be done and the doers just went ahead and did it. The only admission that perhaps the operation was a little more hazardous than usual was a requirement that if the Convair was on the ground at Saigon for 2 hours or more then Swire headquarters in London had to be notified immediately. This fact was not generally known.
Considering todays frosty treatment of aircrew one can't but wonder if the string pullers running Cathay have any idea how the airline was built.
O.P.