Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Indeed. He may never get convicted, but they don't have to fire him - merely drag this out. Did you miss the numbers? Twenty-four years in the USAF - we can assume four years of that was Zoom school and he entered at 18, so that gets him up to age twenty-two when he was commissioned, and forty-two when he pulled the handles and retired. He has since worked twenty-two years for Alaska making him sixty-four.
AAG doesn't HAVE to fire him, but neither do they have to fly him, they can just drag this out another year and the problem evaporates, and no matter if he is on leave with or without pay, they are going to figure it's cheaper than taking the heat for putting him back in the cockpit.
As for it being too flimsy to win in court, this will be a KING COUNTY superior court. I wouldn't bet on anything in that venue.
Thou assumeth much grasshoppa. It appears it was you who missed the numbers. And the facts. Considering your audience perhaps a little research would help your credibility.
Beyond the fact that not all AF pilots are zoomies and their USAFA time is not included in their years of service, many serve their time in the reserves while accruing seniority at major airlines. This puts your assumed timeline--and presumed age--off by what could amount to decades.