 With these assets, the group formed Braniff International Airlines, Inc. which itself was formed from the assets of Braniff International Airways.The new airline did not possess a United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) air operator's certificate and was scrutinized intensely by the USDOT, which made it clear in January 1990 that they did not believe that Braniff's management team, headed by Scot Spencer, was capable of conducting airline operations, based on Spencer's conduct while employed with Braniff Inc. and his lengthy criminal history.Spencer had helped orchestrate the 1988 sale of Braniff Inc. to BIA-COR but was subsequently ousted from a consultancy at Braniff Inc. due to persistent conflicts