One must be very prudent when choosing ones parents. Perhaps this gentleman chose unwisely, and demonstrating such a disregard for such an important matter, should have his FE certificate revoked. On the other hand, he does choose to live in New Zealand, which represents a quality decision on his part. Do tenuous strings bind him to his father? Certainly, Air New Zealand would have looked into this matter with great alacrity. How quick we are to condemn, and not for ideology, for we know not his, but based on biology.