d-concord,
a very interesting piece of information.
The only player that I can recall that would fit your comments would be Independent Air Freighters. They ran a single 727 operation between Perth and Melbourne – for Ansett Freight. That particular aircraft is now in the TAAE stable – and undergoing some heavy maintenance.
I agree that they would have some experience. But would not that AOC be defunct??
And these days – to obtain a new AOC is one hell of a process. Both time consuming and expensive. So why not make an offer for an existing setup – being TAAE??
Sore-foot