Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

ALPA's update on him was really funny. Something along the lines of "He left Delta to spend more time with his family. After six months his family must have had all they could stand and he was next employed at United." (or something like that)

At United he instantly promoted himself to "Captain" which caused some consternation among those who had paid there dues and earned their Captain position. Not sure how that was resolved.

Yes, the idea of driving a new Aston Martin to negotiations demanding pilot pay cuts was typical of management in that era. At our division we had a manager who had his own parking space and would alternate between a V12 Mercedes Convertible and his 6 Series Cabriolet. (Not sure if it was a real "M" car, but it had all the stuff on it)