Well, I've had a little gander into this Barry Michaels chap, and yes, there are striking similarities between his early 1990's effort, and today's Atmosphere Intercontinental Airlines.
This well sourced Wikipedia article wraps the whole thing up quite nicely:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Airlines
For those who treat Wikipedia with a pinch of salt, here's the Washington Post similarly going at it both barrels late last November:-
https://www.washingtonpost.com/trans...ching-fares-s/
The story of Family Airlines/Avatar Airlines should really act as a warning to Jason Unsworth, that when the law catches up with such fantasies, it isn't generally very nice, and causes problems in the future.