I found the wording of that one example strange: For example, my colleagues and I have been asked to sit on 14-hour flights from the UW to the Middle East, onl

I found the wording of that one example strange: For example, my colleagues and I have been asked to sit on 14-hour flights from the UW to the Middle East, only to then fly the same aircraft to Asia on another nine-hour journey. It isn't clear he was actually piloting the aircraft for these flights, especially the first one where he says he was "asked to sit on". Unless "asked to sit on" is an industry euphemism for piloting, it seems like a carefully worded statement meant to deceive.