CJ we may well have had a beer together at the dero club in the past, your info is right on the money.
The Garbo from Gladstone, ex bag snatcher from POM was determined to run Dash8s to YPAM, despite good advise to the contrary "if you build it they will come" and go they did, to the competition and soon more competition sprang up.
Undeterred the genius came up with another "organic growth opportunity" and decided it would be a good idea to sell pizza and beer (beer inbound TSV only as Palm was dry by then) on the 8 minute sectors
As for pilots working check in, ramp, traffic, etc all been done before in TSV.
"flight and duty times.......???"
My favourite memory of Thick Miney is when he got up at the monthly back slap and compared himself to Richard Branson with respect to the challenges of building an airline
a few of us got a kick out of that one....
Keep up the good work the truth is out there...........
And would you believe his ex wife is a School Teacher....