Dumbest question heard from a pax......
"Is this really Cairns?"
We used to transfer Timor Sea rig pigs from Darwin to Truscott WA (population one chef, one kitchenhand/cleaner, three Puma pilots) where they transferred to Timor Sea rigs by chopper.
Our departure time at 0630 had the rig pigs in at the same time as several QF flights in 737 and 146.
Pax used to board via a scummy ground level gate, walk 500m past all the jets on aerobridges to our Metro on bay 9, walk up the steps, bump their heads walking to their seats, listen to a brief announcing the flight time to TRUSCOTT (!!), fly west for 1.5 hrs and then hop out at a dusty ex WW2 strip with one hangar and five demountables.
Seems as though this guy just followed the pack through the gate and into the Metro.
Next question was "Well, where is my surfboard?" On the JET, you d!ck!!!
Result - fellow in question had an interesting day watching porn and eating several fully cooked meals in the base canteen, had a look at the Liberator wreck, and almost bumping a troppo rig pig from his connection back to Darwin.