I've just read back through a few threads, and the item on pax in nose lockers hit a chord with me.
A previous boss in the NT was the pilot way back in the days of SAATAS, and I was told the story by an (whaat was then a DoT) examiner.
He was in ASP, and noticed about a dozen indigenous people walking towaards an aircraft (C206 I think) with a pod. He followed, thinking that this could be interesting.
As they reached the aircraft, quite a few of the complement dropped down to the ground, and opened the pod aned started to crawl in.
He asked what was going on, and was told that they were going to Yeundemu. Upon being told that they couldn't travel in the pod, one said "Well that's how we came in yesterday!"
It is a true story. No action was taken against the pilot, but that was in the good ole days of flying in the outback.