I was that captain. The loaders screwed me in El Paso by not waiting for the complete shipment to arrive. When it did, I had to make a choice. Have them unload the aircraft and reload it properly, or utilize the belly. I opted to use the belly and since it was my decision, I was the one in the belly in SDM. I wasn't going to punish anyone else for my decision.

We could sit around and wait for guys to load/unload the aircraft. Or we could help out and get the job done faster. I bet those Evert or NAC guys appreciated it since they were waiting to get offloaded behind us and go to the hotel. We wanted to get to the hotel too!