I grew up in the Turks & Caicos Islands (Small group of islands just south of the Bahamas)and go back often to visit. I always wait until the absolute last minute to go to airport to catch the inter-island flights and on one trip was no exception. Except that this time the plane already had the doors locked and propellers fully engaged - ready to go. I saw a school friend who worked at the counter and he promptly radioed the pilot, who shut down one propeller, opened the door and let me on. There was a group of Tourists on board who just looked at me like "who is that - King of the Island?" Anyway flight progressed, got to Provo,stayed foe a few days and had a great time. Two days later, back to the airport again for the flight back to Grand Turk, and guess what? Airplane this time was already taxiing out to the runway. I asked agent (another friend) when was next flight. Incredibly he called the pilot - they turned around! After getting back on board, guess who was on the flight? The same tourists that were on the way over! For the whole flight all I could here them talking about was how easy going the Island was that this high ranking official traveled around in shorts and without bodyguards.