Getting the Lynx certificate was a mess. However, RAH had there own disaster getting the Republic certificate up and running. They had a good portion of it approved in Louisville and then upped and moved everything to Indianapolis, where they virtually had to start over at the insistence of the Indy FSDO. This delayed the certificate by months, costing a lot of money. RAH had to put 170's on the CHQ certificate causing penalties to AMR and APA.
Of course prior to that, they were also gloating on the proposed Ascent Air, which they were trying for with the purchase of the ACA certificate. Too bad Mesa outbid them for the certificate and all assets at the last minute. That went down in flames.
Is there a theme here?