True, in the 90's am was the blue eye boy of RAT and Dr Con who was asked by the powers to be to protect am and nicky whoselan at all cost to ensure their ascent to the top. Am bypassed several seniors when RAT connived with the infamous mapa prez lato g string ( of the jet airways recruitment in malaysia and MH 653 hijack thread ) to lanch him onto the A330 and B777 programmes. Mapa then was the pilots' own worst enemy.