Flight Tracker:
16 Apr 2016
CX256 scheduled dept 1910z (actual 1925z)
Via ALA
17 Apr 2016
CX256 arrival HKG (1833 HKT) 1033z.
Not sure how accurate the data is, and what it means. But quite possibly under the circumstances we would all have done the same thing.
It is the company, and not the Captain who is to blame for making our job that much harder.
There are rules which are being skimmed for profit... Expectations that crew will go the extra mile in abnormal circumstances because that is what we do. It is an admirable quality, and it is being exploited by our management, when they know that we are already pushing up against limits. They are willing, all for the cost of a Second Officer, to put passengers and crew into tighter situations and increase risks for nothing more than a tiny reward which would be less than the cost of a few dollars per ticket (if that).
This situation has happened twice now within the trial. It is clearly indicative of how much extra the tiny expense of a Second Officer greatly increases the benefit for everyone.
Last edited by anotherbusdriver; 18th Apr 2016 at 06:00.