Phil flipping (like all others) wasn't exactly altruistic he obviously saved himself from the sentence you mentioned and afforded him a 2nd shot at life with his wife and son. (And yes I do believe he took a boat load of cash too) As it relates to junior I think it was more complicated then what you outlined and what's on the surface. Again this family was communal in that junior was burdened not only with his own family but also his comatose brother, mother and his then still living grandmother all still on Georgia avenue. I guess in a weird sense of duty or loyalty he had to fill his father's shoes I don't know, I'm just speculating. This is were a guy like Serpentine could help because as stated he knows the entire clan. (Probably knows scarfo first wife Mimi? I believe shes still alive and on the elbow too) so yes junior could have flipped way back when but i think that would have been difficult based on what he was saddled with.