Originally Posted by
gulliBell
What I can't wrap my head around is, how is pumping gas at Horn Island a promotion over what he was doing in Cairns? By all accounts he was a hard working team member.
Maybe there was a promise to the flight-line with a shorter queue in front at Horn Island. Dare I say the queue of waiting pilots at Horn island would be shorter than Cairns... Horn island is a damn long way up north and presumably a less desirable place to live.