This was my favorite SNAFU trip from my airline days...
Duty onto reserve (0800)
Reserve callout (0815)
Deadhead IAD-LGA on UAL (1115-1220)
Deadhead on company Delta Connection flight to YUL (1400-1500)
Clear customs & catch taxi cab to Bombardier Facility (1500-1600)
Try to communicate that we were there to pickup a new factory delivery that nobody seems to know about. (To a french speaking receptionist.) (1600-1630)
Find out that delivery aircraft failed it's maintenance acceptance check. (1640)
Find out that another aircraft is being delivered that day by management pilots and is taxiing out to runway. (1700)
Recall that flight to Bombardier hanger. (1715)
Deadhead YUL-BTV. (1800-1830)
Clear customs in BTV. (1830-1845)
Deadhead BTV-IAD. (1900-2000)
Released from duty. (2030)