Let's not be too harsh on Steve 76 guys. I understood where he was coming from - or at least I thought I did.
There are a lot of places where the flying can be more difficult than in PNG. I guess it's all relative to where you're from. There is a hell of a lot you need to learn to cope with while flying there as well. Once you've been there a while it can be relatively easy. I appreciate that more now that I am not there.
As to the prepared landing sites comment, I deduced that he spent his time around the Moro area with OSL. Most of the ops there do involve flying to and from prepared sites. So do many other operations in the mining sectors. The days of landing in remote areas, stream sampling, dropping advance parties into the jungle from the skids etc., seem to be long gone. The company health & safety regimes have put paid to that.
Try to keep an open mind. He did say he was not trying to sound too superior
