Were you there when I refused a drunken pax off the Perth red-eye, he couldn't even walk to the Wessex across the tarmac?
Wasn't me! Drunken passengers were a major problem in those days. The hosties on MMA used to keep a close watch on which rig had a crew change day, and suddenly call in sick if it happened to coincide with their roster. The supply boat crews were a little better as they had more frequent access to booze, so tended to behave better.
I was general dogsbody and engineer for the supply boat company, so I never had a regular schedule unless they were short of an engineer. Sometimes fly to a rig to get to the boat, and sometimes meet up in Broome.