Don't know about that, but I do know he was once blackballed out of IP training because he wasn't "Christian" enough. Just another example of the internal/external nepotism rampant at AS.

And to reinforce Moose's observation...for the 2nd month in a row AS is offering to buy vacations in all bases and all seats. They'll have no shortage of takers. Of course, that reduces the number of pilots they need to hire.

They've cut summer vacations to the bare minimum and buy back vacations in spring and fall. Have to keep down the number of FTEs (Full Time Employees for those of you who aren't fluent in Management speak) don'tcha know.