July, 1995. Second trip off IOE at ASA. I walked out to the plane and Bill J. was standing at the top of the stairs and informed me I was 3 minutes late and that I was off the trip. I said "OK," we had some words, and then I picked up my bag and walked back to the crew lounge. BJ came running after me and said he was only kidding. Never had an issue with him again.

FWIW, flying airplanes was a third career for me, after the military and working in the finance industry. At 30 years old at the time, I didn't take crap off of anybody then, and don't now.