Originally Posted by
lehovec
Of course captain's discretion is just that, captains decision after carefully considering all factors and deciding whether the crew are fit to operate. Even without captains discretion the crew had enough hours to take off from GRX empty, try landing in AGP. If they manage to get in, perfect, pick the passengers up and take them home. If not, carry on empty back. I have done this many times with my previous airline. They would have been well within hours to do this. EZY and Transavia did just that.
There is also the knock on effect to the flight the following day- my understanding is they have to have 12 hours rest between work periods of a rest of the length of the previous period of work if greater than 12 hours, without having the roster do we know what their flight pattern actually was?