If you care to look back to my post of 22 Nov 2012, currently on Page 4 of this thread, you will see that I make the assertion that Lynton were the best back then. I was merely proposing caution when painting a rosier picture than was actually the case at the time just prior to Lynton buying Dollar.
I agree wholeheartedly that CT ran a tight ship and his boys were loyal and would have gone to the ends of the earth for him but that did not stop him using questionable accounting methods on occasion to balance the books. I can verify that, on occasion, pension contributions were withheld without telling the employee and charges received from owners of managed aircraft for landing fees and fuel were not passed on to the supplier, resulting, on one memorable occasion in an aircraft being impounded down the line.
But you are quite right, no-one left and whenever a group of old lags get together there is always an, ` Ahhh Lynton ` moment.