Gday Normasars, thanks for the reply. No ammount of money will get you 180mins straight up with no history. Period. (Unless the regulator is open to bribes which of course no one is suggesting that).
AO will continue to operate as a Cairns base of mainline, with its own flight ops management and regulatory approvals seperate to mainline. These people will still be there when jester starts off, and would be mighty pi$$ed if jester gets 180min after waiting so long for their approval.
Jester might get 120min, but not likely, remember the QF machines were an untried airframe engine combination. Another master stroke when they ordered those buckets of bolts.