Torres Straits is a great "advanced" learning ground. Turn arounds are not all that hard to acheive and where else will you get that boost to what could be a long and good career in aviation. So stop whinging and just get on with it. You see how the ex PNG pilots reminisce over PNG (some of them still there!). Well Torres Straits is a bit like that to.
Yes I have flown there and for Aero Tropics as well as with a regional that was there before them. I had my complaints at the time to, we all do.
While I was there one younger pilot with A/T had to be virtually talked into having a go at the big stuff as he said he wasn't in a hurry and was enjoying himself where he was. Needless to say he "walked" in the job with the major airline and I am sure it was based on his experience gained, largely in Torres Straits with A/T. And his attitude!!
RL, as I remember was justly proud of his pilots acheivement and that bloke wasn't the only one to go that path.