FA I think you should have mentioned in your first post that the conversation with your mate was at the J* startup considering that event occurred 8 years ago. My actual experience with crewing as opposed to second hand evidence is that you say no to crewing then they just move on to the next call. As to answering phones on DFD another J* urban myth. I'm not an apologist for J* by any means but lets not let hysteria get in the way the facts (something pilots often accuse the media of BTW).