This guy is seriously deranged and has no business ever operating an airplane again imo. Here's the thing that I find astonishing. It's a pretty big deal to get yourself in a 2 page spread in your trade's major union publication. Wouldn't you think that he would want to show it to close family and friends? He was joking on facebook asking his friends if they wanted autographed copies. It's almost like he believed it all himself. Didn't he have close family/friends that knew none of the things in the article were true? Certainly someone knew he was spinning these tales. Why didn't they stop him? Someone he want to high school, college, or flight school must have seen this coming. I'm wondering why they didn't stop him by contacting his parents, Eagle, the FAA, or the FDNY.

I feel sorry for the guy because he is sick. I hope he gets the help he needs, but he should never be allowed near airplanes, or fire hoses, ever again.