QLink is one part of the Rat that consistantly makes a profit and won't be going anywhere ever.....( the Dash part I'm talking about ) including quite good staff travel benefits with big brother too.
Q400's are quite nice kit too I'm told.
Work it out with the new wife mate, I wouldn't be in a hurry to leave the frying pan to jump into the fire if I was you.
Besides, the extra pay you get as a Q400 skipper would pay for a lot of full fares to Albury wouldn't it? It'll only be a few years and she'll move up to Brisvegas surely?
Or the extra pay could buy the x husband full fares to fly up to BNE once a month to see his kids? Maybe that's an option the x husband may accept?