Thanks for that extra info. That would indeed be a life changing event that could motivate someone to get a non-travel job.If you believe his story...
He did go back, but then left to raise his sons when his wife died (cancer?).
He was briefly suspended after the DC-3 incident, but was back to flying status within 6 months of that. Dan eventually (a few years after the DC-3 arrest) upgraded to Captain on the DC-9 the last year that Delta flew the ex-Northwest -9s. He was offered to transition to MD-88 Captain, but chose to retire early at that point.Suspended after being accused of assault with a DC-3. I don't think he was ever allowed back, but I'm not certain.
Delta suspends GA pilot charged with plane assault
Delta Air Lines has suspended a pilot who was charged with trying to strike officers with his plane at a Georgia airport.www.gainesville.com
Only once that I know of.Wasn’t he widowed twice?
It was a few years after his wife passed away that he retired. His upgrade to Captain happened after she passed.If you believe his story...
He did go back, but then left to raise his sons when his wife died (cancer?).
He was briefly suspended after the DC-3 incident, but was back to flying status within 6 months of that. Dan eventually (a few years after the DC-3 arrest) upgraded to Captain on the DC-9 the last year that Delta flew the ex-Northwest -9s. He was offered to transition to MD-88 Captain, but chose to retire early at that point.
As to why he retired early, I can't say this is fact, but my suspicion is that he was in a good place financially and didn't really want to keep working full time as an MD-88 Captain. Dan loved his time as a wide-body FO living in base at ATL - he bragged about being able to stay in reserve status and flying one trip a month on the 777 leaving the rest of the month to play around with the DC-3 and other GA stuff. The short haul DC-9 and MD-88 schedules were a bit more demanding. In fairness to him, he went out on a high note - he really enjoyed flying the DC-9 being an dinosaur of a Douglas jet, it was right up his alley. With the MD-88, I think the juice just wasn't worth the squeeze.
Pretty sure Dan's oldest was off to college and the youngest in high school when he retired.
perhaps being rejected after asking someone for a date to the prom ?
Agreed, but viewed from a distance. High drama people can be initially entertaining but they seem determined to reach out and pull others into the drama, kind of like a drowning man. Or at least that’s the advice I gave my daughter.I will admit to being a little curious about the story behind the woman who has a permanent restraining order again him…
If Dan really like widebody FO he could have simply bid back to it when the DC-9’s were retired or after his 2 year seat lock on the DC9 expired if they were still in service. It’s very common at Delta for narrow body Captains to downbid to widebody FO.
It's probably more that Dan has hundreds of thousands in taxes he couldn't pay. There is a big middle ground between "early retirements being puzzling" and "retiring despite not being able to pay your bills".Do early retirements puzzle you in principle?
It's probably more that Dan has hundreds of thousands in taxes he couldn't pay. There is a big middle ground between "early retirements being puzzling" and "retiring despite not being able to pay your bills".
It's a great idea for many people. My grandfather and father both retired in their mid-50's and enjoyed their retirement years. I don't have the money necessary to do that, so I'm still working rather than dodging taxes and setting myself up to be an extreme pauper when I'm a senior citizen.
It's rumored that DG is destitute. That isn't an admirable "early retirement."
Neither is telling lies and defaming people.
My suspicion is that he didn't decide to stop working early. The way things are lined up, it seems pretty possible that his employer decided he should stop working early. Lots of people who get let go end up in an economic mess.So if I understand correctly, you guys are saying the man decides to stop working early in order to purposely have a financially insolvent life in non-working life? To what end again?
GIve the man a cigar.He might have just been wrong.
That would be a good reason not to retire, right?I could totally be wrong about this ... but I think when his wife got sick, his wife's sister and maybe their mother "tricked" his wife into signing over power of attorney and took their nest egg.
I think earlier in the thread it said he retired before she got sick.That would be a good reason not to retire, right?
Someone else chimed in noting that he went back to work after that.I think earlier in the thread it said he retired before she got sick.
AhSomeone else chimed in noting that he went back to work after that.
Still unconfirmed. It's either his hangar or the one next to it.Did anyone confirm that he's selling his hangar? Someone posted it on facebook, but the price seemed too high to be true.
Just a reminder he filled a form with the faa complaining that the airport was improperly allowing non aviation primary uses in the hangars.Still unconfirmed. It's either his hangar or the one next to it.
but the price seemed too high to be true.
Yeah, fair point.You haven't read most POA classifieds then..
I think earlier in the thread it said he retired before she got sick.
Are the kids not biological to him? What an odd flex for grandparents to try to move in on a pre-existing primary custodian, absent substantiated claims of domestic violence or child neglect.No. She got sick and passed away before he retired. Before he upgraded to DC-9 Captain.
I don’t know if she had family money or not, but after she passed, Dan went through a painful/nasty legal fight with her parents over custody of the kids.
Are the kids not biological to him? What an odd flex for grandparents to try to move in on a pre-existing primary custodian, absent substantiated claims of domestic violence or child neglect.