I knew a RD at Champion Air, who when I first got there he was an A&P, and then scored a First Officer seat. I think he checked out as a Captain before the shutdown and it seems I recalled someone telling me he got hired by the Feds. He seems like a nice guy on the surface, but he is definetly a "Free Agent". I found out thru a friend in Management he had a nasty habit of calling the office on Captains he had flown with. I also he was very weak on a good day. What happens on the line, stays on the line. Of course, I was raised by Braniff, Pan Am, Midway, and Eastern Captains that understood proper Line Pilot behavior.