 Rickenbacker's ouster was largely due to his reluctance to acquire expensive jets as he underestimated their appeal to the public.A new management team headed by Floyd D. Hall took over on 16 December 1963, and Rickenbacker left his position as Director and Chairman of the Board on December 31, 1963, aged 73.In 1956 Eastern bought Colonial Airlines, giving the airline its first routes to Canada.