I don’t think that was ever said about EG, people were scared of him in ANY leadership position let alone VP of flight ops. In fact, the only email the company ever sent us about him in his new position stated that he was to be temporary until they found someone for that role, implying that they knew he was unqualified/unfit. It seems that he was willing to say ‘yes’ to everything they wanted him to do to us pilots and he probably did it for 1/5th the price of a real VP so they kept him on longer than they should have.