Originally Posted by
er340790
KR is certainly no idiot. Hard-nosed entrepreneur certainly, but Canada would do well with a lot more like him. I think the IMP group were the ones behind the Aerostar hotel JV with Aeroflot back in the early 90s - while most people were sitting on the sidelines watching which way the FSU would go, he was in there risking his own money - and actually providing a decent hotels which in Moscow in those days was quite something.
An idiot? You bet he is.
When he closed Air Atlantic he filed a petition with the CIRB so he did not have to pay his employees any severance. He had at least 8 planes that he owned and could have sold one to pay his staff and he did not.
He should be held accountable personally for crap like this. All guys like him should!
Keeping a small staff around helps to keep the OC alive to see if they can drum up some business. This is a long shot for sure and if they have business lined up it is a simple case of union busting.