What makes this more comical is that the management crew took a direct in foreign airspace without ever looking at the enroute charts...twice. The AMU is actually CHARTED. Also, the feedback comments (all 3 of the them) on airupsers all state the dispatcher should have included a remark on the flight release as to why/where they were routed. ****??? My assumption is that these three comments were from the crew. What would have been more appropriate would have been the following for our invaluable ACPlz:
REMARK: Do not touch aircraft until familiar with FAR121, company FOM, OPSPECS, and aeronautical charts for route of flight. Do not allow IRO to place phone calls to dispatch while pretending to be the captain. Blindly deviating from flight plan cancels joint authority. Do not fly aircraft into the ground.
And yes, it is ironic that this foolishness just doesn't seem to happen with our line pilots who actually fly for a living...you know, the professionals who we're throwing overboard.