The world wasn't neccessarily built on small independents giving it a go
...yes it was.
Don Kendell. Max Hazelton. Jeff Boyd. (You in the back -Yes you Ops Normal - stop laughing). Old mate at Belmont. Old mate at Tamworth. Peter Collings. David Miller. Connellan. Hudson fkn Fysh for god's sake.
The Australian airline industry WAS built on the independent bloke and he built it to the stage where he was then worth eating to the big bloke.
Story of all Australian industry really.
NURSE!