Lookleft,
If the crew had rung ops and said any one of
"Look, Ive chatted with the doc and the patient is stable and if we wait six hours we can make the fight in daylight,"
Or
" I picked up extra fuel in Samoa even though the plan didnt need it"
Or
"I haven't got Internet so can you run and file my plan, my fax number at reception is xxxxxx. I'll talk to you at Ted-90mins"
Or
"I've got no way of running a plan here, can you run it?
Or
"I went via Fiji even though I had fuel for Norfolk "
Would they still have a job, even if they had got back safely?
I think you might have missed the "else" in the last line of blackhand's post.
