Bit too early in the piece for Slatterys to be sniffing around, unless they'd been given the heads-up much earlier. Then again, wasn't KM at the recent DirectAir auctions in Darwin, as a bidder?
The Bank of Queensland had been waiting to repo a couple more of AV8's aircraft. Perhaps they got a taste of it last year when they claimed ol' CYV. The writing has been on the wall for AV8 for a long time, but this afternoon when the bank showed up for its pound of flesh... aluminium... was the final straw. Not even a road train full of gravel could stop the inevitable after that.
All staff, pilots, engineers, spin doctors and even the lizards under the cool room were told there was no need to come back.
Last edited by TownsvilleRefueller; 22nd Apr 2013 at 11:57.