I would find it hard to place my trust with the operator, particularly if I was trying to get myself and 7 of my friends or workmates from Mildura to Melbourne at 2pm on Friday the 5th of March for example as you are totally dependent on the party that's chartering the aircraft in the first place. If they are 5 hours late, so are you, it's a flow-on effect, if they cancel, so do you.
Would be interested to hear if the majority of flights go ahead as planned.