Jet, me old Mate! You have been quiet lately.
It would be a very game person who tried to establish a new operation on the coast. Western licensed/subsidised routes are closed.
Dash 8 - 100's won't cut the ice against the Q's more modern and faster fleet.
As I said in an earlier post:
"I'd hate to be trying that again............"
Indeed, despite possible "holes" on the coast, I would think success on the coast would be impossible without the western subsidised routes and interline support from a dominant trunk route operator. YC had both AN and QF support in 1987.