Well, I'm not the one to judge and therefore I won't.
All I can contribute is that I "know" Johan from his time being a CFI at "Hiser Helicopter Inc." (or was it "Hiser Aviation Inc."
) back in 1993.
When Hiser closed the doors Johan stayed in SoCal and worked for several companies as a CFI. To me it looks as if him and Monika continuously kept working on their goal and finally were able to start up their very own little business.
As far as all the news articles are concerned, come on guys, we've all been there: You say one word and the media turns it into an entirely different direction.