And how were you "rehired"
I usually ignored him and kept out of sight for a few days. If his blood pressure rose he tended to catch the next flight to Sydney (or in the early days, Maryborough
).
On one occasion in Goroka I went home. Around 10 am next morning he called on the phone, and demanded I return to work.
We "parted company" twice, in Australia in 1988 or 1989 and again in Manila around 1992.
He asked me to return to Flight West around 1999, but I wasn't interested. Twenty years of service to Junior was enough for my lifetime!
Looks like
P2-ISA was a 300 HP Islander:
Registration: P2-ISA
C/n / msn: 703
First flight: 1974-01-25 (26 years 3 months)
Engines: 2 Lycoming IO-540-K1B5
Crew: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Passengers: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Total: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Bapi Airport (BPD)
It did well to last 26 years in PNG!
ZEEBEE. The first new Islanders were registered in the VH-IS* series in Australia. P2-ISA would have been allocated that registration when we re-structured all Talair fleet registrations in the late 1970's or early 1980's. Obviously a different aircraft to VH-ISA.