Its all my fault !
When I joined QM in 1978 , they were running a VC10 , 2-3 1-11s , 2 Viscounts , 2 748s and a few Islanders .
The Shah of Iran did a runner , and the price of oil went North , all downhill from there , and they had hired Jonah - that would be me !!
Still , very happy days , flying after dark was a novelty ( except for the VC10 and the odd 1-11 flight up to midnight ! ). If you were domestic/regional ie turboprops , the flying programme was minimal from Fri late to early Monday , so 1-2 crews could cover it , ergo LOTS of weekends off , and a LIFE.
Malawi was great , thought I would never leave..............nothing ever lasts.