Ahh Chimbu - them must have been the days...!
There have been many places I have been to and thought 'how magical it must have been in its heyday!' Sadly, some of those places now look like ruins...
I think PNG is even more of a challenging place than ever now with the additional logistical problems of security, fuel availability, messed up weather patterns, poorly maintained airstrips, poor communication facilities (less radios in bush places), completely unreliable weather forecasts (if available at all), no road access to places where there once were roads. If ever there was a country that needs aviation it's PNG. Many places are really crying out for aerial services.
Feelerup, your comments are a bit of an unfair generalisation. There are many good national people up here as well as the raskols. Heck, if you visit the place it is very likely you will even have a national crew running your flight - bit harsh to call them uneducated savages waiting for a crime opportunity. You can avoid a lot of problems just by using some common sense too.