Thanks BOAC for this insight. Makes things more understandable
Well, to sudden twang I guess it comes down to more or less the same thing;
He stayed on the same fleet to keep going to the same destinations, instead of upgrading to Captain and switching to short haul (If it's anything like Air France,it could have been 10 years before he went from short haul capt to long haul capt.)
He kills himself because he doesn't want to face his guilt and accusations.
I might be wrong, and this is just speculation, but there is no smoke without fire s they say.
Another proof that pilot are just ''normal, average'' people, with the good, the bad and the worse. Nothing like what you thought of them as a youngster looking at their uniforms and epaulets with admiration.