That's probably where he'll end up, I don't see him ever returning to the line to be -just a pilot-. I'd bet he's trying to get into a NMB gig in DC, or a position at ALPA National, or some other Government funded job in DC.

Some of these guys are just more comfortable in an office 8-5, M-F, yapping on the phone and going to meetings, than being out in the real world, flying airplanes. I've never understood it, but that's been my observation over the years in the military and here.

There are some 'Pilots' who just don't like to fly!