How lakes stays in business surprises me. In my 2 years there as a CA I pumped the gear down twice and had 2 engines go south on me. On one of the the DO as trying to get me to ferry the aircraft when the engine could not produce take off torque without over temp'ing the ITT. He explanation was "how much take off powers do you need?".

The pilots at lakes deserve free beers for life, if it wasn't for their skills there would be more accidents at Lakes. Doug Voss can rot in he!!