Wayne Millard: Dellen Millard Charged With Murder In The First Degree #1

[Alethea Dice]

I think that's well said. But consider:

CM had bush pilot type adventures
WM became a commercial pilot and activist
DM was going to have his own bureaucracy

Think about it, if DM was not hands-on with plane parts, then what kind of role would he play in the MRO? 100% dealing with regulations in a highly regulated industry (dealing with planes of a type not in the Millardair fleet)?

I can't picture DM having a very "hands on" role in the MRO. I see him more as depending on other more experienced people to run it and he collects the profits and pays the salaries. Unless you're the type of person who wants that kind of non-involvement, it would be very boring. I just don't think the MRO was a very good choice when looking for a business for DM to carry on the family name with.

JMO

 

[Tamarind]

I can't picture DM having a very "hands on" role in the MRO. I see him more as depending on other more experienced people to run it and he collects the profits and pays the salaries. Unless you're the type of person who wants that kind of non-involvement, it would be very boring. I just don't think the MRO was a very good choice when looking for a business for DM to carry on the family name with.


JMO

I agree, I don't think any family business should expect it's heirs to follow suit if thats not their wish. It's like hockey parents wanting their kid in the NHL because that was their dream that didn't manifest. I think DM was trying to do things himself by buying property, maybe he liked the idea of real estate investment, but flipping houses can be extremely time consuming and expensive if you dont do the work yourself. This may be why he found himself just breaking even. He has tried to be proactive with his money from what I have read. JMO

 

[SnooperDuper]

I can't picture DM having a very "hands on" role in the MRO. I see him more as depending on other more experienced people to run it and he collects the profits and pays the salaries. Unless you're the type of person who wants that kind of non-involvement, it would be very boring. I just don't think the MRO was a very good choice when looking for a business for DM to carry on the family name with.

JMO

Both CM and WM were "allowed" to start small. CM was an owner-operator-one-man-show long before he was a millionaire businessman. WM was an employee, and that may be a position of much less pressure and responsibility.

DM went to prep school and might have gotten the education to become a professional if he had followed the path his parents had set. The problem with DM directly following WM's path is that you need a university degree to get a job as an Air Canada pilot these days, simply because people you are competing against have one:

Job Requirements

1500 hours of fixed wing flying time
Completion of schooling to the university entrance level
Ability to pass the Air Canada and Transport Canada medical and visual acuity requirements for a Category 1 medical certificate
Canadian Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL), current Group 1 (Multi-engine) Instrument Rating
Canadian citizenship or landed immigrant status

Pilot applications far exceed job vacancies, so preference is given to candidates with qualifications beyond the basic requirements. Examples of desirable additional qualifications include, but are not limited to:

University degree or college diploma
Aviation College degree or diploma
Commercial or military flight experience
Jet and/or glass cockpit experience

http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/career/section_pilots.html

If you visit Air Canada's site you'll find their minimum requirements for pilots. (There you'll also see a small article I wrote..."A Day in the Life.") An application must be submitted on line with HR (Human Resources) who is responsible for selecting the candidates. The website states the minimum requirement is 1500 hours of flight time, but realistically you’ll probably need closer to 3,000 hours. They also want a university degree, college diploma or an aviation diploma. Other assets are military time, "glass cockpit" time, or jet time. Once an applicant is chosen they must pass psychiatric tests, cognitive tests (motor skills), pass a thorough medical and an interview. If you qualify... send in your resume...because we are hiring big time!

http://gofar.aircanada.com/go-far-answers/question/how-do-you-become-a-pilot-for-air-canada/

When DM flunked out of TFS, he basically killed all hopes that he would follow in WM's footsteps. Thus the talk of a helicopter business? This would use DM's skills, because if he were self-employed, he wouldn't face the employment barriers he would as a pilot.

And DM should have started small, as a helicopter pilot for hire, perhaps...but instead WM gets this idea to found an MRO with all of his cronies as his employees? And DM is going to be the boss of WM's cronies? Oh no, I don't see any possible friction there

 

[SnooperDuper]

I'm just gonna add, If I wanted my kids to become Air Canada pilots, I would probably send them to a bilingual prep school like TFS because bilingualism and a university degree is what you need to get in at Air Canada.

So I think DM's parent's intent was that he follow them.

He dropped out of Toronto French School before getting his high school diploma because “there were only a couple of teachers I found interesting.”

It was a correspondence course through a small, alternative school in Toronto called Subway Academy that landed Millard the diploma that his parents insisted he get.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...didnt_kill_tim_bosma_exclusive_interview.html

Subway Academy One is host to Toronto’s most interesting and talented turn-it-around students. Our small school community is a true reflection of how worldviews collide and unite in large urban centers. The campus style timetable and student success program accommodates those who have become disenchanted with school but desire to learn. Many of our students require a flexible learning style and an environment that removes common practices in traditional institutions. We focus on working with the individual and their needs helping support and facilitate challenges in life.

They bend the rules for you...

http://www.subwayacademyone.com/

The staff at Subway Academy One is not your average run of the mill group of teachers. They come to work with interesting qualities and life experience that make the classroom and school environment a dynamic place to learn. A former chef, a chess enthusiast, a marketing guru, a painter, musicians, artists, runners, foodies, human rights activists, a yoga instructor, varsity athletes, and world travelers. They are dedicated to ensuring a great education for students who don't enjoy or adapt to traditional school settings and need support during difficult times. The staff collaborate and explore experiential models of teaching and learning to make their work more fulfilling and the student experience more unique.

http://www.subwayacademyone.com/#!about/cjg9

So is this where DM picked up his diverse interests in becoming a chef, makeup artist, yada yada yada? And these teachers were more interesting than those at the TFS?

 

[Alethea Dice]

Both CM and WM were "allowed" to start small. CM was an owner-operator-one-man-show long before he was a millionaire businessman. WM was an employee, and that may be a position of much less pressure and responsibility.

DM went to prep school and might have gotten the education to become a professional if he had followed the path his parents had set. The problem with DM directly following WM's path is that you need a university degree to get a job as an Air Canada pilot these days, simply because people you are competing against have one:



http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/career/section_pilots.html



http://gofar.aircanada.com/go-far-answers/question/how-do-you-become-a-pilot-for-air-canada/

When DM flunked out of TFS, he basically killed all hopes that he would follow in WM's footsteps. Thus the talk of a helicopter business? This would use DM's skills, because if he were self-employed, he wouldn't face the employment barriers he would as a pilot.

And DM should have started small, as a helicopter pilot for hire, perhaps...but instead WM gets this idea to found an MRO with all of his cronies as his employees? And DM is going to be the boss of WM's cronies? Oh no, I don't see any possible friction there

Let's not change the facts here. DM did not flunk out of TFS, he dropped out. And he did still graduate elsewhere.

WM didn't just start small, he was allowed to stay small and do what he wanted. By the time he took over MillardAir in 2006, the company no longer was in the business of "flying", but was selling aircraft and parts.

https://www.wingsmagazine.com/operations/rebel-with-a-cause-2477

By the sounds of things, DM had no intention of following in his father's footsteps, if by that you mean being an airline pilot. Whose hopes was he killing in dropping out of TFS? Not his own.

JMO

 

[Alethea Dice]

I'm just gonna add, If I wanted my kids to become Air Canada pilots, I would probably send them to a bilingual prep school like TFS because bilingualism and a university degree is what you need to get in at Air Canada.

So I think DM's parent's intent was that he follow them.



http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...didnt_kill_tim_bosma_exclusive_interview.html



They bend the rules for you...

http://www.subwayacademyone.com/



http://www.subwayacademyone.com/#!about/cjg9

So is this where DM picked up his diverse interests in becoming a chef, makeup artist, yada yada yada? And these teachers were more interesting than those at the TFS?

How do you know whether he graduated from Subway Academy One or Subway Academy II? Not that I'm sure it matters. Not everyone can learn from the traditional structured classroom environment. I'm not sure that's a reason to put down the Acadamy as an alternative option. It's interesting that the Star article says that DM got his diploma through a correspondence course. But it appears that both SA One and SA II requires attendance at least 3 days a week. More misinformation??

http://schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/subwayacademy2/AboutUs/Policies.aspx

JMO

 

[SnooperDuper]

Let's not change the facts here. DM did not flunk out of TFS, he dropped out. And he did still graduate elsewhere.

WM didn't just start small, he was allowed to stay small and do what he wanted. By the time he took over MillardAir in 2006, the company no longer was in the business of "flying", but was selling aircraft and parts.

https://www.wingsmagazine.com/operations/rebel-with-a-cause-2477

By the sounds of things, DM had no intention of following in his father's footsteps, if by that you mean being an airline pilot. Whose hopes was he killing in dropping out of TFS? Not his own.

JMO

The business didn't have a lot to do with WM, either.

I always thought that WM was really into the Millard family legend/legacy. From a book The Future of Newspapers: this obit was so unusual that it stood out above all others

The Carl Millard full-page account, for which the paper charged $30,000, was an odd affair. There were five photographs, but no captions, so the reader had to assume -- for example -- that a woman so depicted was the subject's wife, Della; the relentless biographical detail made reading difficult; and right at the end there was the banal assertion that, in death, Carl Millard had been reunited with his wife: "The Dynamic Duo are back together to start the next leg of the Great Journey. They'll probably change a few things along the way" (Globe and Mail 2006b).

https://books.google.ca/books?id=6c...wAA#v=onepage&q=carl millard obituary&f=false

From WM's own obit:

He would answer a question with a story.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?pid=161695472

It's also interesting that WM chose to honour CM in the Globe (National) but DM chose the Star (Toronto) for WM's obit.

How do you know whether he graduated from Subway Academy One or Subway Academy II? Not that I'm sure it matters. Not everyone can learn from the traditional structured classroom environment. I'm not sure that's a reason to put down the Acadamy as an alternative option. It's interesting that the Star article says that DM got his diploma through a correspondence course. But it appears that both SA One and SA II requires attendance at least 3 days a week. More misinformation??

http://schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/subwayacademy2/AboutUs/Policies.aspx

JMO

You're right we don't really know what happened with DM's schooling.

I had no idea there was a Two...I wonder what the story was altogether, because it seems it does not fully check.

If this was a U-Turn program, I wonder if he ran into kids that had strayed into drugs and were being brought back to the straight and narrow. Bad influences?

He seemed to be at Humber at a young age: perhaps he went there on advanced standing (without graduating)?

 

[Tamarind]

The business didn't have a lot to do with WM, either.

I always thought that WM was really into the Millard family legend/legacy. From a book The Future of Newspapers: this obit was so unusual that it stood out above all others



https://books.google.ca/books?id=6c...wAA#v=onepage&q=carl millard obituary&f=false

From WM's own obit:



http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?pid=161695472

It's also interesting that WM chose to honour CM in the Globe (National) but DM chose the Star (Toronto) for WM's obit.

How can anyone judge an OBIT? Maybe Carl wrote it himself, people do write their own obits, eulogies and headstone messages!
Not everyone realizes that the world wants a detailed account of every family member with the pictures to go along with it. Maybe they just wanted to put some pictures of Carl's life in with it. JMO

You're right we don't really know what happened with DM's schooling.

I had no idea there was a Two...I wonder what the story was altogether, because it seems it does not fully check.

If this was a U-Turn program, I wonder if he ran into kids that had strayed into drugs and were being brought back to the straight and narrow. Bad influences?

He seemed to be at Humber at a young age: perhaps he went there on advanced standing (without graduating)?

People go to adult education places to complete education for various reasons. How on earth do you figure drugs into the mix? Are you suggesting that anyone who completes education outside of the confines of regular high school curriculum are bad, drug addicts or insubordinate types? If so that insinuation is something you may find does not sit well with any jury member who has attended such a school or has children who have. JMO And why does it matter so much? Is it that it would look better if he were some uneducated moron, would it be easier to sell that he is a murderer? Not in my opinion.

 

[matou]

His parents "insisted" that DM get his high school diploma. Sounds like a slacker to me. JMO

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...didnt_kill_tim_bosma_exclusive_interview.html

 

[Tamarind]

I'm just gonna add, If I wanted my kids to become Air Canada pilots, I would probably send them to a bilingual prep school like TFS because bilingualism and a university degree is what you need to get in at Air Canada.So I think DM's parent's intent was that he follow them.

What does it really matter what a parent, yours or anyone elses, wants their child to do? Shouldn't a child be able to follow their own dreams?

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...didnt_kill_tim_bosma_exclusive_interview.html
They bend the rules for you...

http://www.subwayacademyone.com/

Thats quite the twist on what the article actually says, don't you think?

http://www.subwayacademyone.com/#!about/cjg9

So is this where DM picked up his diverse interests in becoming a chef, makeup artist, yada yada yada? And these teachers were more interesting than those at the TFS?

What would be the problem with preferring teachers who have a more colorful way of teaching a class?

What is wrong with thinking outside of the box? What is wrong with doing things differently than the usual mainstream way of doing things? IMO absolutely nothing, unless someone wants to form some kind of agenda that they can use and contort a few 'differences' to make the agenda look more plausible.

 

[Tamarind]

His parents "insisted" that DM get his high school diploma. Sounds like a slacker to me. JMO

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...didnt_kill_tim_bosma_exclusive_interview.html

Really, didn't he do just that at the Academy?

 

[Carli]

(Snippet)

If this was a U-Turn program, I wonder if he ran into kids that had strayed into drugs and were being brought back to the straight and narrow. Bad influences?

He seemed to be at Humber at a young age: perhaps he went there on advanced standing (without graduating)?

http://www2.tdsb.on.ca/MOSS/asp_apps/school_landing_page/pdfs/web/5846_4pageLayout.pdf
(Brochure from Toronto School Board).

Incidentally, actress and director Sarah Polley is a graduate of this school as were the performers of the TV series DeGrassi.

I frankly doubt that a student is any more likely to "stray into drugs" at this highly demanding alternative school than they are at the local high school. IMHO.

 

[Tamarind]

Very, very far from a U-Turn program: http://www2.tdsb.on.ca/MOSS/asp_apps/school_landing_page/pdfs/web/5846_4pageLayout.pdf
(Brochure from Toronto School Board).

Thanks Carli, reading that makes me wonder whether DM was bullied in regular school. He would be a prime target for bullying, exceptional wealth can make people envious and resentful, maybe he was a victim of such envy and resentment. just a thought.

 

[Alethea Dice]

The business didn't have a lot to do with WM, either.

I always thought that WM was really into the Millard family legend/legacy. From a book The Future of Newspapers: this obit was so unusual that it stood out above all others



https://books.google.ca/books?id=6c...wAA#v=onepage&q=carl millard obituary&f=false

From WM's own obit:



http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?pid=161695472

It's also interesting that WM chose to honour CM in the Globe (National) but DM chose the Star (Toronto) for WM's obit.



You're right we don't really know what happened with DM's schooling.

I had no idea there was a Two...I wonder what the story was altogether, because it seems it does not fully check.

If this was a U-Turn program, I wonder if he ran into kids that had strayed into drugs and were being brought back to the straight and narrow. Bad influences?

He seemed to be at Humber at a young age: perhaps he went there on advanced standing (without graduating)?

Maybe WM was more into the family heritage by the time he turned 65 and CM died. But then, he really didn't do anything through his life to help stop it from stagnating. And the hangar may have been his inspiration to bring the business back into something instead of letting it fade away, and he could pass the responsibility on to someone else.

About the obituary, if WM wrote it, perhaps he was simply more of a story teller - the same reason he would answer a question with a story.

I don't think the Subway Academy was a u-turn program, just a different alternative. And the Star article (FWIW) did say he got his diploma, so I would assume he did graduate.

JMO

 

[Alethea Dice]

http://www2.tdsb.on.ca/MOSS/asp_apps/school_landing_page/pdfs/web/5846_4pageLayout.pdf
(Brochure from Toronto School Board).

Incidentally, actress and director Sarah Polley is a graduate of this school as were the performers of the TV series DeGrassi.

I frankly doubt that a student is any more likely to "stray into drugs" at this highly demanding alternative school than they are at the local high school. IMHO.

Subway
Academy II would best suit mature, independent, and self-driven
students.

Certainly doesn't sound what like many here imagine DM to be, does it?

I've often found that more creative students do need an alternative such as this. They often get bored with the regular school routine and respond better with the flexibility and individuality offered by this type of program. It has nothing to do with them being bad students or problem kids.

JMO

 

[Alethea Dice]

Thanks Carli, reading that makes me wonder whether DM was bullied in regular school. He would be a prime target for bullying, exceptional wealth can make people envious and resentful, maybe he was a victim of such envy and resentment. just a thought.

I agree, Tamarind. By the comments made by the other students at the TFS, it certainly sounds like he may have been bullied and picked on. He didn't wear the right clothes, he was dropped off in an old pickup truck - he didn't fit in with the private school image.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/17/dellen-millard-suspect-in-tim-bosmas-death-was-always-a-little-different-classmate-says/

I do think that some of these media reports just ran with anything negative they could dig up to sell the column/paper. It's funny how all the good comments were quietly buried in the middle of an article to be barely noticed, but the negative always came with big headlines. I've always felt that media should be unbiased and just report the facts, both good and bad. They should be just there to keep the public informed of the facts, not to sway opinions. If I only wanted to read all the negatives that promote the idea of guilt, I'd wait to buy one of those books that pretend to be "true crime" books. It's hard to find a good "true crime" book anymore that simply tells all sides of the story and let's the reader decide for themself.

JMO

 

[swedie]

Thanks Carli, reading that makes me wonder whether DM was bullied in regular school. He would be a prime target for bullying, exceptional wealth can make people envious and resentful, maybe he was a victim of such envy and resentment. just a thought.

Mr. H a former private school classmate didn't realize DM came from a wealthy background, possibly others didn't either. Maybe he was bullied in school. Being weird tends to attract attention including bullies. Not that it's right but it happens. Maybe DM was a bully himself. MOO.

“Dellen was — and I realize I’m playing into a stereotype here — a little marginalized, a little different. I didn’t even know the guy was so wealthy. He always looked like a bit of a hillbilly,” Mr. Humphrey said.

At a school where most students had rich parents and wore trendy outfits, Mr. Millard wore clothes more befitting a farmer. His father used to drop him off in an old pickup truck.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/0...was-always-a-little-different-classmate-says/

 

[swedie]

Reading about this recent case made me think of TB and LB. Praying for justice.

A 19-year-old woman was burned alive in the US after being beaten and having lighter fluid poured down her throat.

A murder investigation has been launched in Panola County, Mississippi, after Jessica Chambers’ death on Saturday. Her family said she used her last words to describe her killer to paramedics.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...fluid-and-burned-alive-in-the-us-9914925.html

 

[matou]

Let's not forget that DM at 18 years old (senior high school age level) was taking nudie shots of a girlfriend in his father's hangar. Wonder if he had gotten his diploma by then? JMO

 

[Tamarind]

Mr. H a former private school classmate didn't realize DM came from a wealthy background, possibly others didn't either. Maybe he was bullied in school. Being weird tends to attract attention including bullies. Not that it's right but it happens. Maybe DM was a bully himself. MOO.

“Dellen was — and I realize I’m playing into a stereotype here — a little marginalized, a little different. I didn’t even know the guy was so wealthy. He always looked like a bit of a hillbilly,” Mr. Humphrey said.

At a school where most students had rich parents and wore trendy outfits, Mr. Millard wore clothes more befitting a farmer. His father used to drop him off in an old pickup truck.

Thanks Swedie, I think you have nailed it. IMO he was definitely bullied in some way. Even the comments by dear Mr Humphrey singles Dellen out for what he wore and what he arrived at school in. Right there are classic signs of bullying IMO. Thats what bullies do, they pick on someone for their clothes, their family car, their money or lack of, their looks whether bad or good looking, their differences! I can just imagine Dellen being called 'a hillbilly' at school, how insulting ! He wore clothes more befitting a farmer ! Really Mr Humphrey is really showing his true colors and his comments reflect more on himself than Dellen IMHO.