I once arrived back at work (non AOC operator with a bit of a reputation) from leave to discover that ops had scheduled me to fly into Leicester racecourse a couple hours later. I asked where the CAA permission was and received a blank look......
I was put under some company pressure (
) but I point blank refused to go, for exactly the reasons above. It's always the Captain's responsibility and Ops staff don't get taken to court, do they?