The name Michaels and Avatar rang a bell" . . . . Yes and today, 30 years later many have forgotten (or there are those that simply were not around and thus never knew). Mr Michaels seems to have again tied his solicitation to a time when many airline personal are out of work (just as he did during the early '90s when Pan Am went bust). Barry Michaels - the name alone means that all of this is not even worth the time taken to write this post.
What a great concept - One-way air tours. A parked/pickled airplane requires its engines and hydraulics to be periodically run and exercised anyway, so why not employ a few and offer an air-tour.