OK as I said previously if needed I'd come back and apologize.
I PM'd my phone number to helo_aviator and he called me today. We spoke about the issues and cleared up some things. I stand by my initial gut feeling regarding something not adding up on his first post but after talking to him we were able to connect the dots. I suppose he was so upset at everything going on that when he wrote his post he left out some very important things that would tie everything together. I apologize for my first reaction to his post.
He seems like a very nice guy and during our conversation I might have even given him insight into why going over to the ME right now might even be a good choice for him too. Hope to see him over there soon !