"Passengers should not be subject to the additional hazards of practicing captains".
The union that represents German pilots objected to the arrangement, saying they are still worried about safety and that in practice flight captains have little choice but to fly.
In an attempt to give the out-of-touch England batsmen some much-needed practice, the captains and coaches agreed to revise the target - meaning that the game lost its List A status - to a slightly more testing 230.
In practice, Royal Navy captains had to apply to colonial governors for a license to press men.
"The practices of captains and assistant captains varied widely," she said.
At one practice, a captain asked Herington why she looked so stressed out.
Following a meeting with 11 team captains, practice runs were postponed by the FIBT until later that day to adjust the shape of turn 11 so it would be easier for sleds to get through the rest of the track without crashing.
Having spent two weeks in nets under the Kidderminster marquee before finally getting some time in the middle last week at Chester Road, in a couple of pre-season practice games, Worcestershire captain Daryl Mitchell cannot speak highly enough of the job done by the county's ground staff.
Kings Coach Darryl Sutter made a number of modifications in practice this week, putting captain Dustin Brown with the duo of Kopitar and left wing Marian Gaborik.
