murky origins of 2 airlines?

[cooperplace]

In Ernest Gann's Flying Circus (chapter 18) he says: "in this jet era few stockholders realize an enormous flying corporation is the ultimate result of a tacky love affair between a financier's wife and barnstorming pilot, while another exists because of the machinations of a union leader who thought air transport was a natural for teamster expertise." Can anyone throw any light on this fascinating statement?

[cooperplace]

435 views but no replies: someone must know something of these things? I would ask Ernest Gann but he has been dead for over 20 years.

[cooperplace]

901 views and still no-one knows? A pity: Gann's quote sounds interesting.

[Warmtoast]

It was mentioned 44-years ago in Flying Magazine Aug 1972 here:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tPhKvA9sdHYC&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=%22in+this+jet+era+few+stockholders+realize+an+enormous+f lying+corporation+is+the+ultimate+result+of&source=bl&ots=b3XT60ZUU3&sig=xh0Vkj7fk-3A-Etkkx_sYiF9MeQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjar7mZw6HPAhWjJsAKHRT9CXYQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%20this%20jet%20era%20few%20stockholders%20realize%20 an%20enormous%20flying%20corporation%20is%20the%20ultimate%2 0result%20of&f=false


But no clue as to its origins