Early noughties, LIAT, clapped out Dash 8 with barely functioning air conditioning.... island hopping, Trinidad to Barbados via Tobago and Grenada... 30 minute flights, with 20 mins on the ground in sweltering heat and humidity... short flights but just long enough to get a coupla beers in on each leg to stave off the fierce dehydration.... gotta be done - safety issue...
Now LIAT den only employ de FINEST lookin' Cribean ladies... By the time the girls had done the life jacket demo for the 3rd time in 2 hours between humping cases of Carib up and down the aisle... well, let's just say wet tee shirt competitions had nothing on this... Dey garra BIG round uv applause frim ah'll de guys... yannastan' wham sayin' maan?