Originally Posted by
Ottolillienthal
...It's not too often that you see a company, the military, or an airline for that matter doing things procedurally that they don't have to do or add inefficiency to the operation...
No kidding! Its called FSB not FOSB (Flight Ops Stby)
What if someone wanted to spend the 4 hours out in the terminal, sipping on coffee and watching people walk by? Or in a parking lot for that matter.