Look at the management pilots and the seniority list and you'll figure it out. Anyone who was hired specifically for a management position is like that. There's at least one in the safety department.

It's not like he can't hold captain anywhere either, it's normal for management pilots to fly whatever they want. There are a lot more important things to worry about then what pilots get bought off by a given management pilot. This is so standard across the industry you might as well complain about pilots having to preflight the aircraft.

I don't like the optimizer either, but whining about what aircraft he's flying is just petty and shows ignorance of standard practice. It's not like the management pilots who "can hold" a given seat actually fly trips they bid either.