Originally Posted by
DingerX
When I mentioned the "C word", I intentionally did not accuse the crew of being fatigued or even tired. They may have been, but we have no info on that.
What we do know is that it was nearly midnight local time, and the flight was originating from a place where it was then 3 AM. Contrary to your suggestion, we can guess a few things about our crew. For example, they were not based in San Francisco. Also, it was probably between 3:30 AM and midnight on their base time.
That is the problem, you are just guessing. How do you know that they were not Vancouver based? You don't do you.
And even if they were based in the east, how do you know that they were not well rested prior to departure? You are making an assumption(and y are making the suggestion) that this crew had to be tired. I suggest that you are just making guesses as potential excuses.