OK I'll chip in.

I flew with him. I found him to be a highly engaged and pleasant Captain. When defending a pilot in the flight office, he's a pit bull and the first guy I'd want at my elbow if I were in their crosshairs.

He's smarter than most of the guys whose posts he eviscerates. Or, perhaps if not smarter, he certainly knows more of the BS that determines how things get done during the sausage making that is company/union business. As he frequently says, he uses this advantage when posting. His delivery is often abrupt and sometimes caustic. The combination is seen as rude and abusive, particularly by those whose posts he's "correcting".

As are many on the other forum, he's overtly political. That offends many, but particularly those whose views are in direct opposition. Their responses to him are every bit as vitriolic as his, yet no one comes on this forum and complains about them.

And yet here we are on an anonymous forum hurling invective about a guy who's not even here to defend himself. What does that say to you?

Lame.