The chap doing the IOM milk run was the only bright spot of real flying that held my attention
That was the bit I most enjoyed aswell. Single pilot, in a relativily fast/complex twin, night IFR, in the weather with no weather radar. And no-one to help if it got a bit busy.
Took it all in his stride.
A few "children of the magenta line" could probably learn a bit from that unglamorous side of flying.