When AN decided to run DPO - MEL with the 28, while EW was still running the 27. Sitting at DPO one morning, watched 5 or 6 pax board the 27, while we were full. This was probably part of the long term plan to control EW by the ownwr of AN.
The NW coast was very well looked after in those days, minimun a F27, and or a F28. DPO - SY was a popular route and indeed atrracted pax from LST and the far NW coast.
Burnie council pressured AN to run the 28 out of Wynyard at least two days a week, as their passenger numbers dropped noticeably on the days that the 28 was operating out of DPO.
A interesting time that the NW coast won't see again!