Originally Posted by
enelym1978
When you consider this type of long flights, you really want the pilots, co-pilots to be tired and sleepy??? Of course they were not flying per-se during the 3 hours delay but they have been up nevertheless since the wee hours to get ready for this flight. Same for the cabin crew. People think it's an easy job, just walk around and serve people but hey, it's a tough job too and after 18 hours, I'd start to get quite easily irritable and pissed...
Sometimes, a little patience goes a long way

stay zen.
They normally have 3-4 pilots on board for such a flight. If the delay is around 1-2 hours they can certainly deal with the situation perfectly by planning the rest period sensibly.
Plus for a trans pacific flight more than half of the flight is on Auto-pilot...