A rumor
Since this is a rumor network......
A friend of mine, retired from America West told me a story today.
He said that there was a female pilot at AW who was very good on academics, procedures, and systems knowledge, but had a lot of trouble with flying the plane and making decisions. She failed 2 upgrade attempts.
He further stated that she took a leave, and had a ground school and sim work with AA, but did not make it there, either.
She returned to AW, and eventually left to go to Morris Air......and he was told that the KLGA captain is the same person.