Originally Posted by
Fatguyinalittlecoat
If crew are "must go" for operational requirements, I don't see a problem. Otherwise more people with be disrupted.
Pilots and cabin crew keep QF operating. If they are booked duty travel and are "must go" (I'm sure people here can figure out what that means), then they SHOULD displace paying passengers, that's obvious. Management are never "must go". They are important, but are not operationally important.
However, again, nobody has verified that AJ was there. I know for a fact he has stayed behind in the past to allow Passengers to get home. Just seems too convenient for the lynch mob.
Unless there was a corporate, legal or operational reason for the Exec to be somewhere... e.g. meeting with FAA, CASA, etc. for whatever reason, testify before the Senate (subpoenas are issued for this and to not turn up is contempt of parliament, a very serious charge) but it's unlikely this was the case.