Aqua

As related to me by a flight engineer, a PFE that I flew many trips with.

At his prior airline, he flew a pax charter DC-8. On this particular trip, they had been extended several times. No, not from 12 hours to 14, etc. This was along the lines of extending many days, many countries.

After the final leg of this ordeal, JFK-MIA, the Capt directs the doors to remain closed and all crew to the forward cabin. He then explains that they were directed to fly JFK to somewhere in Germany(Ramstein?). In any event, he called flight service and filed his own flight plan to everyone’s home base of MIA. He didn’t want the crew complicit, and told no one. He doubted he would be flying with them again, and bid adieu.