I wish i'd flown with Mike; rostered once, did the research on his likes and dislikes, expected him to fly a half-average approach, expected to get some grief for mine. For those who just got on with it, rather than whine about him, I know few who wouldn't have a beer with him.
A character indeed to whom i wish a long happy retirement. If our current managers had half the moral compass or backbone this man had, maybe we would be in a better place.