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

[Snoofo]

IIRC
WM had lawyers and accountants. WM dies late Thursday night-the lawyers and accountants are notified on Friday. WM's financial affairs would have been complex and it baffles me to think that WM's lawyers and accountants would have been in such a position to suggest the closing of a company and laying off newly hired employees along with contracted consultants a business day after WM's death. At that point there wouldn't even have been a death certificate!!!! MOO

I find nothing weird about this at all if the company was running out of money with no imminent sign of income coming its way. Why do they need a death certificate to offer advice?

 

[matou]

DM had his friend AM "working" at the hangar just weeks before the death of his father and he seemed to be there again after everyone was "fired". So who got fired? The authentic employees of Millardair? His friends too?

 

[ABro]

Well, when you put it that way - in the "too big to fail" context - there's absolutely no doubt of a conviction in one or more of the murders for one or more of the accused, just as the AG herself publicly proclaimed already. Is innocence before the law just a feel good phrase, after all? If so, why even bother allowing this person the right to face his accusers or the need to convince a jury of peers of his innocence? It's time consuming and expensive and an obviously completely unnecessary sham. Besides, being part of a lynch mob means never having to say you're sorry. IMO. IMHO. etc. But frankly I understand my country less and less. We are devoting millions if not billions of dollars to dropping bombs on presumed enemies on the other side of the world while Medicine Sans Frontieres doctors are already dying of ebola in Africa in an epidemic that the World Health Organization projects will infect 10,000 persons a week by the end of this year. http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/14/world/europe/ebola-outbreak/index.html Here at home, in my neck of the woods, after an impoverished and probably mentally ill recluse shot at a squad card. He was thereafter relentlessly pursued by LE for over a week and then killed in an "altercation" with two officers in a remote mountain shack. http://www.avtimes.net/news/suspect-in-shootout-in-slocan-b-c-dead-rcmp-say-1.1424659 So whether big or small, few or many, I'm not willing to accept that the decisions and determinations of authority figures are infallible. Or as Jefferson allegedly said, "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." IMO. IMHO. MOO. Thankfully, serious investigative reporters like ABro are always willing to pull back the curtains that may be designed to obscure and strive to find the truth. IMO. IMHO. MOO.

There's no "too big to fail" here. Too big to fail is when the government steps in to prevent massive potential damage to the public and the overall economy. In this context, it's a meaningless slogan being used to discredit people with a differing point of view.

 

[Snoofo]

DM had his friend AM "working" at the hangar just weeks before the death of his father and he seemed to be there again after everyone was "fired". So who got fired? The authentic employees of Millardair? His friends too?

I don't like the looks of that either. It would be helpful to know what DM's business plan was, if any.

In consideration of alternative theories, this is where coercion and entrapment come to mind. I'm not saying this is what happened, just that the more we learn the less we realize we really know. eg. AWJ, aka the Big Iisho aka Queen Lizzie head. While some were ridiculed for thinking it early on, it turns out there were bigger fish in the pond all along....and a few little pirhana.

And to refute some earlier persistent comments that were completely untrue, I'm not sure anyone here has declared DM totally innocent. And even those who are entertaining the zany notion of possible innocence have admitted that yes, the evidence we are privy to appears damning.

And, by the way, people who follow all the WS cases here are no more sleuthy and interested in crime than anyone else. There is a whole world out there. Some are obviously more territorial than others, for sure.

 

[Carli]

There's no "too big to fail" here. Too big to fail is when the government steps in to prevent massive potential damage to the public and the overall economy. In this context, it's a meaningless slogan being used to discredit people with a differing point of view.

I see. I hadn't fully realized that "too big to fail" has a political buzz phrase connotation. I was using the more literal interpretation, as in "too big to fail" meaning "too big to fail." What would be the point in discrediting people with differing points of view? Surely most adults are capable of lively debate without the necessity of discrediting each other. I could be wrong. MOO. IMHO. IMO. etc. I remain very interested in your comment about the surprise that awaits when details that led to the charges of murder in the deaths of WM and LB. You've said you can't provide this enlightening information now, but if not now, when? (Inquiring minds want to know.) MOO. IMHO. IMO. etc.

 

[ABro]

I see. I hadn't fully realized that "too big to fail" has a political buzz phrase connotation. I was using the more literal interpretation, as in "too big to fail" meaning "too big to fail." What would be the point in discrediting people with differing points of view? Surely most adults are capable of lively debate without the necessity of discrediting each other. I could be wrong. MOO. IMHO. IMO. etc. I remain very interested in your comment about the surprise that awaits when details that led to the charges of murder in the deaths of WM and LB. You've said you can't provide this enlightening information now, but if not now, when? (Inquiring minds want to know.) MOO. IMHO. IMO. etc.

Given that I am, unfortunately, not too big to fail, I need to make sure that all I-s are dotted and T-s crossed. I have no idea how long that will take. It's taking me way longer than expected to pull the new ebook together.

 

[Tamarind]

Given that I am, unfortunately, not too big to fail, I need to make sure that all I-s are dotted and T-s crossed. I have no idea how long that will take. It's taking me way longer than expected to pull the new ebook together.

I can understand that you would need to have your book be safe from any libel suits. Is the book about this case? Which category will it fall under? Fact, Fiction, Drama or Horror?
Or all of the above?

This case certainly has all of these attributes doesn't it,whatever side of the fence you are sitting. I am very interested to see your compilation.

 

[Alethea Dice]

There are certain events surrounding the death of WM that really puzzle me. 2 weeks prior to WM's death, DM meets with AS and expresses concern over running out of money. AS claims they parted on good terms.

From reports, I'm assuming that WM was found by DM and perhaps others on the evening of Thursday Nov 29th/12. By the time the scene was processed by TPS, I think it's safe to say that they didn't take the body out til early morning Friday Nov 30th/12 and I'm sure it would have gone for an autopsy. I can only assume that it would have been a sleepless night for all those on the scene.

The fact that there was a gun involved leads me to assume that there would have been a bit of clean up necessary at the house on Maple Gate- the house that DM was living in with WM. I can only imagine that it was an incredibly emotionally draining time.

But there's a part of this early post suicide time period that perplexes me. By Tuesday, Dec 4/12, 11 days before an obit or funeral, the manager of Waterloo International made this announcement by email to airport staff: "Wayne Millard passed away on Thursday last week, and his son Dellan (sic) has decided to shut down the business. All employees were laid off as of today. Jeff (Schelling, regional government lawyer) will be discussing the next steps with the bank and Millard's legal council. There is never a dull moment around here, that's for sure."
http://www.orangeville.com/news-sto...aster-inside-the-secret-millard-negotiations/

Gosh gosh gosh...IMO, Millardair's lawyers would have barely had time to digest WM's death let alone assess severances etc, move to shut down the company and layoff all the employees. Those layoff notices would have been prepared on Monday, Dec 3rd. Exactly what was the rush? Overwhelming grief? Need to have the hangar void of employees? Perhaps a "pink slip" power trip on all those guys that didn't have much respect for DM?

There's just something gnawing in my gut here- I just can't imagine a person so overwhelmed with the grief of losing the person he loved most moving so rapidly to shut that persons dream down. A DM perfected plan? Kill Dad on Thursday-stage scene for suicide- go out with unassuming ex on Thursday-find Dad on Thursday, act for Ex, Mom and Police, call lawyer on Friday, act for lawyer, shut down business on Monday and lay everyone off. Take a week to recoup, write obit, have memorial- the end. MOO

I just wanted to point out that, despite his decision to close up and lay the employees off so quickly, it does appear that he still went through the legal issues before it was all made final. He didn't actually cancel the MRO certificate until February 15th.

Saying it had ceased operations, Millardair asked Transport Canada to cancel its jetliner maintenance certificate Feb. 15.

http://metronews.ca/news/kitchener/688568/waterloo-region-spent-5-4m-on-millardair/

 

[deugirtni]

The article says that Millardair asked TC to cancel its maintenance certificate Feb 15, 2013... it doesn't specify if Feb 15th was the date they actually asked, or if it was asked at some earlier time for the maintenance certificate to be cancelled effective Feb 15th. It could be either way.

 

[deugirtni]

I'm with you, MsSherlock. What time of day did LE get called to the M home because WM had 'apparently' shot himself? It would have been hours.. having an investigation (hopefully) done in the home, questioning people, calling the ME and waiting for her/his arrival, having the body transported to the morgue, discussion amongst the 3 people in attendance (DM, his mother, his gf), informing family members (if he/they even did so?); I'm guessing that all of those things would have taken up a large portion of Thursday night and Friday day, and perhaps a little sleep in there too... so basically Friday (November 30th) would have been a write-off, as far as 'business day', and 'work'. So then the weekend comes, and then on the first available day, DM supplies all the workers with their termination notices, which also would have needed to be prepared, effective the very next day. It doesn't get much faster than that. Personally, in my experience, imho, having some kind of in-depth, meaningful conversation about whether that business should be shut down, would have taken much longer. Lawyers and accountants are busy, they have clients and appointments and schedules, they are not always available at the drop of a hat, even if someone needs desperately to speak to them.. they may be able to return a call, but certainly they wouldnt' necessarily have had the time to review everything going on, and to make a decision that quickly that the business should go away... after allllllllllllll of the money and allllllllllllllll of the time and alllllllllllllllll of the commitments with the city, and not to mention how valuable one of those TC certificates is, and considering the hoops that would have had to be jumped through in order to get that certificate. Any change to that certificate would have to be made in writing as well, and surely we all know how quickly the wheels of government take? Imho, there is something seriously wrong with this picture, and at the time, DM would have had no clue that at some future date, he would be suspected of murder. It seems that on that day that WM died, LE were unfortunately treating it as case closed suicide. Who would ever think that would change in future? So DM wouldn't have, imho, had to worry about appearances or how it would look if he shut down the company he despised at the very first opportunity.

And in regard to the business 'failing', how can a business fail before it is even open? Everything was in place, but contractual work on aircraft had not yet started. Why? According to AS it is because of DM himself. It seems from that interview that was reported in MSM that DM had been asked to remove his toys so that the facility could be toured by prospective clients, but he wasn't doing it. He was being a problem. It almost sounds as if he wanted it to fail, imho.

BBM

“I thought he was just a spoilt little brat who had his way all his life and didn’t appreciate what his father was doing for him,” said Mr. Sharif. “He was an impediment to the hangar operation” who didn’t meet his deadlines, almost never arrived at work before noon, and refused to clear his collection of cars, jeeps, hot rods, jet skis and personal airplanes from the business premises.

Things came to a head one day last November (2012) when Mr. Sharif, who lives in Austin, Texas, paid a visit to the new hangar and Dellen questioned him as to why no contracts were yet in place for the new Millardair aircraft maintenance and repair business.

Mr. Sharif responded that until the facilities, estimated to have cost some $6 million, could be toured by potential customers, no deals would be signed. As the situation grew heated, Dellen suggested that they discuss their differences in private over dinner that evening.

“I went over all of the contracts that were in negotiations and the potential for 2013. We parted pleasantly.”

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/31/millard-aviation-business-in-decline-long-before-tim-bosma-murder-suspect-started-to-dismantle-it/

Less than two weeks later, 0n Nov. 29, 2012, Wayne Millard died, 9 months after securing the hangar's occupancy permit

I don't think it was a matter of contracts being scooped, because the Windsor facility was already open for business, while it sounds like DM was holding up the ability to secure contracts for Millardair. So of course contracts were going to other facilities, since they were already open, not to mention much larger so as to serve Air Canada better?

Premier has about 679,000ft2 (63.1 m2) of hangar space across three facilities, including a 379,000ft2 overhaul centre in Rome, New York purchased in 2010. The maintenance centre opened its largest location in Windsor, Ontario in September 2012.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/premier-aviation-expands-maintenance-capabilities-for-large-regional-383588/

IIRC Juballee, DM was CEO of Millardair. The concept that DM was thrust into a position of running the business 72 hours after WM died doesn't make sense to me- by all accounts, even though according to AS, he wasn't doing a particularly good job, DM was still the "man in charge" at the hangar. This is the precise reason DM's actions following WM's death rings in my gut.
WM had lawyers and accountants. WM dies late Thursday night-the lawyers and accountants are notified on Friday. WM's financial affairs would have been complex and it baffles me to think that WM's lawyers and accountants would have been in such a position to suggest the closing of a company and laying off newly hired employees along with contracted consultants a business day after WM's death. At that point there wouldn't even have been a death certificate!!!! I look forward to seeing how this plays out in the murder trial for the death of WM. MOO

 

[Alethea Dice]

The article says that Millardair asked TC to cancel its maintenance certificate Feb 15, 2013... it doesn't specify if Feb 15th was the date they actually asked, or if it was asked at some earlier time for the maintenance certificate to be cancelled effective Feb 15th. It could be either way.

You're right. It doesn't specify. I can't imagine why someone would advise TC in December that they had no clients, had laid off all the employees, and had closed up shop, but didn't want to cancel their certificate until February, but I suppose anything's possible.

JMO

 

[Alethea Dice]

I'm with you, MsSherlock. What time of day did LE get called to the M home because WM had 'apparently' shot himself? It would have been hours.. having an investigation (hopefully) done in the home, questioning people, calling the ME and waiting for her/his arrival, having the body transported to the morgue, discussion amongst the 3 people in attendance (DM, his mother, his gf), informing family members (if he/they even did so?); I'm guessing that all of those things would have taken up a large portion of Thursday night and Friday day, and perhaps a little sleep in there too... so basically Friday (November 30th) would have been a write-off, as far as 'business day', and 'work'. So then the weekend comes, and then on the first available day, DM supplies all the workers with their termination notices, which also would have needed to be prepared, effective the very next day. It doesn't get much faster than that. Personally, in my experience, imho, having some kind of in-depth, meaningful conversation about whether that business should be shut down, would have taken much longer. Lawyers and accountants are busy, they have clients and appointments and schedules, they are not always available at the drop of a hat, even if someone needs desperately to speak to them.. they may be able to return a call, but certainly they wouldnt' necessarily have had the time to review everything going on, and to make a decision that quickly that the business should go away... after allllllllllllll of the money and allllllllllllllll of the time and alllllllllllllllll of the commitments with the city, and not to mention how valuable one of those TC certificates is, and considering the hoops that would have had to be jumped through in order to get that certificate. Any change to that certificate would have to be made in writing as well, and surely we all know how quickly the wheels of government take? Imho, there is something seriously wrong with this picture, and at the time, DM would have had no clue that at some future date, he would be suspected of murder. It seems that on that day that WM died, LE were unfortunately treating it as case closed suicide. Who would ever think that would change in future? So DM wouldn't have, imho, had to worry about appearances or how it would look if he shut down the company he despised at the very first opportunity.

And in regard to the business 'failing', how can a business fail before it is even open? Everything was in place, but contractual work on aircraft had not yet started. Why? According to AS it is because of DM himself. It seems from that interview that was reported in MSM that DM had been asked to remove his toys so that the facility could be toured by prospective clients, but he wasn't doing it. He was being a problem. It almost sounds as if he wanted it to fail, imho.

BBM


http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/31/millard-aviation-business-in-decline-long-before-tim-bosma-murder-suspect-started-to-dismantle-it/

Less than two weeks later, 0n Nov. 29, 2012, Wayne Millard died, 9 months after securing the hangar's occupancy permit

I don't think it was a matter of contracts being scooped, because the Windsor facility was already open for business, while it sounds like DM was holding up the ability to secure contracts for Millardair. So of course contracts were going to other facilities, since they were already open, not to mention much larger so as to serve Air Canada better?



http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/premier-aviation-expands-maintenance-capabilities-for-large-regional-383588/

How much in-depth meaningful conversation is required when you have a business with no clients, only employees?

A business can easily fail, when you're open, have your certificate and are ready to go and all that's missing is the clients. I do agree with you though, that of course the contracts were going to another MRO that was already open, much larger and better able to serve Air Canada. Not much chance of MillardAir scooping those clients, was there.

JMO

 

[Carli]

Of course, in the off off chance that things should turn out to confirm that WM actually did commit suicide, just as was originally determined, it seems reasonable to me that in buttoning up business before taking his life, he'd have everything in place to lay off his employees. One might even be forgiven for thinking that, knowing the business was headed for the shoals, the very act of putting together the lay-off notices for his employees may have been too much for him to bear. That reference to competition in the much discussed obit seems to suggest that someone or some others had made an end run on the company. How big a disaster did that portend? Just rambling. Thinking out loud. MOO. IMHO. MHO. We already know there were no business contracts pending, but how serious WAS the company's actual financial position at November's end? Being a closely held family enterprise, chances are that information will never become public although MB may know, I suppose, at least by now. MOO. IMHO. MHO.

 

[Sillybilly]

Of course, in the off off chance that things should turn out to confirm that WM actually did commit suicide, just as was originally determined

<rsbm>

Just to refresh ..

from:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...millard_probes.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca

Dellen Millard was questioned, according to his lawyer, Deepak Paradkar, but police ruled the death an apparent suicide.

His father&#8217;s body was cremated at the Riverside Cemetery & Cremation Centre in Toronto and interred at an unknown location.

However, after charges were laid in Bosma&#8217;s murder, the office of the Ontario chief coroner said the investigation into Wayne Millard&#8217;s death was &#8220;still ongoing.&#8221;

&#8220;(It&#8217;s) open and has not yet concluded,&#8221; Cheryl Mahyr, the coroner&#8217;s issues manager, said in May.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitch...spect-millard-s-farm-searched-again-1.1321574

The Ontario coroner's office still has an open investigation into the death of Millard's father, Wayne, after his apparent suicide in November of last year. Police also opened an investigation at that time, but determined the death was not criminal. After the recent charges against Millard, they said they would take another look at the case.

Cheryl Mahyr, a spokeswoman for the coroner, said earlier this month there's nothing particular about the Millard case that has caused a lengthy investigation.

"Every death investigation we conduct is unique," Mahyr said

 

[deugirtni]

Do you happen to know the process of cancelling a certificate? How long it takes, etc? Do we know there isn't a notification period of some kind? In any case, for an operation on which the company had already spent so much money, and was committed to run a certain type of business on a specified piece of land, and had already hired people to be in place, and I would have to assume they were likely already sending their people for specific training/certification, and a company who had gone through the large process of acquiring said certification, it's a huge deal, and it was still fast, even if it wasn't requested until February. In my humble opinion however, I would guess that the cancellation process might also take some time in itself.

You're right. It doesn't specify. I can't imagine why someone would advise TC in December that they had no clients, had laid off all the employees, and had closed up shop, but didn't want to cancel their certificate until February, but I suppose anything's possible.

JMO

 

[deugirtni]

I would think, IMHO, just due to size, there probably wasn't much chance of Millardair taking on a client the size of Air Canada anyway, even if they *had* been open for business at the time AC was signing the contract.

How much in-depth meaningful conversation is required when you have a business with no clients, only employees?

A business can easily fail, when you're open, have your certificate and are ready to go and all that's missing is the clients. I do agree with you though, that of course the contracts were going to another MRO that was already open, much larger and better able to serve Air Canada. Not much chance of MillardAir scooping those clients, was there.

JMO

 

[deugirtni]

These types of huge undertakings don't happen overnight. They would have to have things in place in advance of being able to obtain customers. And I would, imho, think it would take a lot of in-depth analysis and meaningful conversation to make a decision to just throw away the millions of dollars that had already been spent, so that the company could cease operations. And all because DM refused to treat it like a professional business and refused to listen to his advisor(s)? I'm not sure if MA had no other shareholders, or people to answer to, but in my mind, that was some huge decision. It's not like WM was going to run the company anyway, he had people in place to do all the things that needed to be done. DM could have even stepped aside to allow someone better equipped to step in and run the thing. I'm sure that was something the lawyers and accountants would have offered up as an option, IMOO.

How much in-depth meaningful conversation is required when you have a business with no clients, only employees?

A business can easily fail, when you're open, have your certificate and are ready to go and all that's missing is the clients. I do agree with you though, that of course the contracts were going to another MRO that was already open, much larger and better able to serve Air Canada. Not much chance of MillardAir scooping those clients, was there.

JMO

 

[deugirtni]

There were contracts in negotiations, which of course, would have required at least one site visit in order to have someone actually sign on the dotted line. Lives are at stake in that business, it isn't as simple as signing up for a place to rent for 3 months. Business deals can take months if not years, to finalize, and I'm sure that WM, with his experience, already knew this. And any new business owner also knows that operations take awhile to become profitable, and I'm sure he had the wherewithall to budget for all of these things. It's also beyond common to have construction projects go over budget.

“I went over all of the contracts that were in negotiations and the potential for 2013. We parted pleasantly.”

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/31/millard-aviation-business-in-decline-long-before-tim-bosma-murder-suspect-started-to-dismantle-it/

Is the quoted portion below what you refer to when you suggest, "That reference to competition in the much discussed obit seems to suggest that someone or some others had made an end run on the company.'? Surely WM was experienced at life and at business enough that he knew what the world, and business, is like, well before he chose to spend millions of dollars of his wealth on the new hangar, wouldnt' you think? There is always going to be competition for every business and I'm sure every honest businessman hopes for the same as below.

His hope was for a time when cooperation would be the norm and competition was only friendly.

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

Of course, in the off off chance that things should turn out to confirm that WM actually did commit suicide, just as was originally determined, it seems reasonable to me that in buttoning up business before taking his life, he'd have everything in place to lay off his employees. One might even be forgiven for thinking that, knowing the business was headed for the shoals, the very act of putting together the lay-off notices for his employees may have been too much for him to bear. That reference to competition in the much discussed obit seems to suggest that someone or some others had made an end run on the company. How big a disaster did that portend? Just rambling. Thinking out loud. MOO. IMHO. MHO. We already know there were no business contracts pending, but how serious WAS the company's actual financial position at November's end? Being a closely held family enterprise, chances are that information will never become public although MB may know, I suppose, at least by now. MOO. IMHO. MHO.

 

[Alethea Dice]

Do you happen to know the process of cancelling a certificate? How long it takes, etc? Do we know there isn't a notification period of some kind? In any case, for an operation on which the company had already spent so much money, and was committed to run a certain type of business on a specified piece of land, and had already hired people to be in place, and I would have to assume they were likely already sending their people for specific training/certification, and a company who had gone through the large process of acquiring said certification, it's a huge deal, and it was still fast, even if it wasn't requested until February. In my humble opinion however, I would guess that the cancellation process might also take some time in itself.

Sorry, no I don't. I just don't think you would have to jump through any hoops to cancel the certificate like you would to get it in place, but that's JMO. If I recall correctly, the few that WM had hired were experienced and qualified people.

JMO

And I would, imho, think it would take a lot of in-depth analysis and meaningful conversation to make a decision to just throw away the millions of dollars that had already been spent, so that the company could cease operations.

But not all would agree that it would be wise to continue to spend even more dollars when there were no clients and none in the foreseeable future.

*Correction: AS said there were some in negotiations. At this point, probably only they know if there were or if they were viable.

It's not like WM was going to run the company anyway, he had people in place to do all the things that needed to be done. DM could have even stepped aside to allow someone better equipped to step in and run the thing. I'm sure that was something the lawyers and accountants would have offered up as an option, IMOO.

Again, but why spend even more to hire another new person to run a business that had no business? Without clients, the only thing left to do was to sign the employee's cheques.

JMO

 

[Alethea Dice]

There were contracts in negotiations, which of course, would have required at least one site visit in order to have someone actually sign on the dotted line. Lives are at stake in that business, it isn't as simple as signing up for a place to rent for 3 months. Business deals can take months if not years, to finalize, and I'm sure that WM, with his experience, already knew this. And any new business owner also knows that operations take awhile to become profitable, and I'm sure he had the wherewithall to budget for all of these things. It's also beyond common to have construction projects go over budget.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/31/millard-aviation-business-in-decline-long-before-tim-bosma-murder-suspect-started-to-dismantle-it/

Is the quoted portion below what you refer to when you suggest, "That reference to competition in the much discussed obit seems to suggest that someone or some others had made an end run on the company.'? Surely WM was experienced at life and at business enough that he knew what the world, and business, is like, well before he chose to spend millions of dollars of his wealth on the new hangar, wouldnt' you think? There is always going to be competition for every business and I'm sure every honest businessman hopes for the same as below.

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

According to that article you linked, WM wasn't previously much involved or interested in the business end of things.

Although the Millard family is often described as an aviation dynasty, in reality, neither Wayne nor Dellen &#8212; both of whom were their parents&#8217; only children &#8212; had been heavily involved in Millardair, which was founded by Wayne&#8217;s late father Carl in 1954 and remained Carl&#8217;s baby up until his death in 2006. The recent Waterloo venture was Wayne&#8217;s first major aviation initiative. He told both Mr. Sharif and a former Millardair pilot that it was designed to be &#8220;Dellen&#8217;s project&#8221; and provide his 27-year-old son with a secure future. It was an unusual, bold move for Wayne, who apparently spent much of his life uninterested in the family business, or business at all, for that matter, and reportedly struggled with alcoholism.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/31/millard-aviation-business-in-decline-long-before-tim-bosma-murder-suspect-started-to-dismantle-it/