Having watched closely this run over the last few years, I must admit that i thought the previous two mobs were a bunch of NFI's!
HOWEVER ... there is a new contender in the NFI re AVIATIOn awards categories!
What operator in their right mind will LEAVE PAX behind... deliver freight then return to pick up the pax..AND EXPECT TO MAKE MONEY?
I also heard that they had "maintenance" to be done on the Baron, so they ferrierd from BDV to Mt Isa, and replaced the BARON with a C182RG!!!
bet the punters loved that!
Perhaps the PA31 Wasn't the best a/c for the run. Perhaps the AC50 was a bit uncomfortable. But SURELY folks... the Baron has GOT to be one of THE worst a/c for a run which REQUIRES a lot of freight to be taken!
What happens next week ? maybe we will get a FORMATION of C172's? two pax in each and 30kg of freight ?
TK and CK may have been "not entirely honest with their employees", but at least they learnt SOMETHING in the 20 or so years that they were operating the run!