Talking ballast/pax shouldn't be allowed
After the first season of shifting skiers, we had to insert sheets of heavy gauge alloy on the floor, to protect the (crushed) honeycomb where ski boots had done their thing. That was through a thick rubber floor covering! Sheets of stainless steel around the door pillars & cabin sides for more protection, and a vigilant ground crew to 'discourage' knocking snow off against the door sill as they get in.
The rubber floor mat stops any noise from boots being knocked on the floor, but they certainly enjoy the ride, and a good heater soon warms things up once we're airborne.
Only a couple of weeks left to the end of our ski season, and NSW has had about 5 bushfires already, so no doubt we'll swing into that fairly soon.
Look out for a super large flag tow over the VFL Grand Final in two weeks, >40,000 sq ft
