Chris,
sounds to me as though the Boss needed to sell aircraft time and
your "instructor" was the means to do it.
A text at midnight ?
Shame on that instructor. Bite your lip and get on with it. No option.
Keep us informed.
Ps. 50 min before a 6 sector day ? You can only fly one sector at a time
so you must have at least 6hrs before deciding fuel for the last.
Common sense prevails l hope.
Even 5 day standbys at CDG on a 15 min report to the AF crewbus
outside were manageable if that was kept in mind.
( that 15min included rounding up the other crew members )
Suck it in, you can do it.
PS. you must make time to get out on the razz as well,
otherwise there`s no point in any of it.