Originally Posted by sky jet

I had a pretty senior widebody captain on my flight from Chicago Midway to Guadalajara where he lived. He popped his head into the cockpit before departure to say hi. When we landed he came back to the cockpit and handed me his ID and said to give it to the MDW Chief Pilot when I went back to MDW the next day. Guy had several years left to fly before retirement. He said he was struck on the way down that he never wanted to go back and he had enough of "everything". I tried to talk him out of it and told him I would hold onto the ID for a few days so when he changed his mind he could have it back. Gave him my phone number so he could call me when he changed his mind. He told me he wouldn't. He never called. 7 days later I called the HQ and told them and sent his ID in to the office. As far as I know no one ever saw him again.