Redtail you must be new in this business because the list is long of supplemental airlines that played with the rules, some got caught and some didn't. CK may have been a lose cannon operation in the beginning but in the end it was a very respectable operation with a descent management team (before Kitty Hawk!!). He operated close to 100 aircraft including the 135 at the peak. He had his problems and so did the ATI's, Arrows, Fines, Zantops the list goes on, even the new kids on the block as we have recently seen aren't without their problems of staying within the painted lines. Ask any true freight dawg and the stories will be nonstop about alot of carriers "procedures" many of which were due to "incompetent management" NOT "incompetent employees". So when u recieve ur info second hand realize most stories are about 50% truth and 50% embellishment. I wish all that have returned to CK the best with safe skies and prosperity, We all know Connie is not in it for the money, "It's the Love of the Game."