he would not have flipped it was not even something a boss or a FBI agent would have even considered at that time

As for a plan when he went to prison in capecis 1996 book on the rise and fall of gotti he says that paul had orginally told neil before he died that he was going to make a ruling panel with john gotti, tommy gambino and Thomas Bilotti gotti was angry at that believeing he deserved full control of the family

After neil died paul changed his mind planning to get rid of the gotti crew and make Thomas Bilotti his acting boss and Tommy Gambino his underboss. That is the biggest reason guys like decicco backed the plan to kill paul he was apparently angry he was not part of the leadership. Thomas Bilotti was disliked by most of the family seen as pauls driver and tommy gambino was just seen as a carlos son.

I honestly believe if paul had put anyone else in charge decicco or jimmy brown he would have never been killed but then again who knows what would have happened paul chose who he did the rest is history