ACL,
It always cracks me up when managers get upset about their budgets for things like unscheduled engine removals and IROPS. They seem to forget these are unplanned events, and while I do applaud their attempt at smoothing out the budget, they are silly to get upset when the unplanned things don't go as planned.
The memo should go to the birds, the gods and whoever creates viruses.
Do we at least get credit for the DECREASE in SICK TIME when we stopped doing a double red eye to Manaus? If you were not sick before that trip, you were before you got home.