Had a only a little to do with Matt on the ground at one of Q'link destinations. Admired his enthusiasm and lighter look on things. Once did his entire inbound call on the Company Freq in the voice of Bill Lawry from '12th man.' Absolutely spot on and the entire terminal was cracking up.
There's an old guy, a stroke victim, who hangs on the fence most days to watch the RPT flights come in and this seems to be his only remaining hobby. Matt told us to tell him next time he was there and Matt was on to bring him out and he'd show him around the flight deck.....never did eventuate sadly. He was always letting kids have a quick look before disembarking.
Seems everyone has a quirky story about Matt.
Passionate, friendly and funny guy. Sad news.