My understanding is that they were not “standby”, but Must-Ride. They go, or a flight out of the destination gets canceled.
This guy may be inconvenienced, but how many hundreds of others aren’t going to flying if the crew doesn’t get there?
The Feds set Invol denied boarding compensation, not the airlines.
They were must rides. It was my crew that was deadheading. We would have cancelled a STAR flight without this deadhead crew.
Fortunately, I was not working last night..!