No one has the courage to stand up to the Commanders at "The CPG". If the flight does not go into discretion, the MLO will call the crew directly and demand that the crew go into discretion (legal or not legal, we don't care. It's our train set). This will usually scare the Commander to use discretion.
If the Commander decides to go against the MLO's demand, the Whole Crew will be called into the office (in separate rooms, just as the police force would do) and questioned why discretion was not used.
The lower ranks will be threatened with termination and sent back to his/her home country in shame if they don't say which crew member did not want to use discretion. This usually is enough to single out the crew. The question would be asked if that crew member or members were militant in their decision. The lower ranks would be asked what was the conversation on the flight deck before the decision was made. Did any of the crew have a militant attitude at anytime during the flight?
It is amazing to see how quickly the Flight Crew will turn on each other when threatened.
When the crew members are identified, those crew members will be questioned by FOP Management to determine the next course of action and that may vary from termination, demotion, letter on P file, etc. Either way the lower ranks will be Cat "B" for a much longer period when their Command comes due if they don’t single out other crew members.
The Ops Manual is there for Guidelines to the Flight Crew and not "The CPG" FOP Management. The statement that says "The Commanders decision is final and unquestioned" means nothing to us. If the MLO's threats will not convince the Commander or crew to continue with the flight, it will be unquestioned at THAT TIME but when they arrive back at "The CPG" Headquarters, there will be explaining to do and consequences faced by the crew.
Make your decision wisely, your career at "The CPG" may depend on it.
And if you don't like it, inform the CAD. We will sort them out.
To My Bonus,
The Management.