In the U.S. some folks don't like it when the captain acts like he or she is in charge. I've never offloaded anyone but I've sure been tempted.
Delta had a famous non-tech divert years ago on the ATL-NRT route. The went into PDX because the pilots didn't think the crew rest facility was adequate:
Cramped New Berths
By Martha Brannigan Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
Updated April 15, 1999 12:01 a.m. ET
Just how tired were Delta Air Lines Capt. Roscoe McMillan and his crew last Wednesday when he diverted his Atlanta-to-Tokyo flight to Portland, Ore., and called it a day?
Too tired, in his judgment, based on more than 30 years as a Delta pilot, to continue safely with the 14-hour journey to Narita International Airport, according to what the captain told Delta officials. The problem: Two of the other pilots couldn't sleep in the aircraft's controversial new berths, and based on earlier experience, Capt. McMillan figured he couldn't either.
"The captain felt the crew had not had satisfactory rest," says Bill Berry, a Delta spokesman.
Tired Delta Crew Diverts Flight, Blames Cramped New Berths - WSJ
Some earlier PPRuNe discussion of cabin crew offload diversion here:
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/3...ad-purser.html