I don't know what his pilot's status was but back around 2000 or 2001 he left the company and struck out on his own to pursue his dream of flying.
The last conversation via letter I had with him was that he interviewed with the flight department of a company in Canada I think that was in need of a co-pilot and when he went for a flight with their chief pilot, apparently that guy was an unsafe yahoo and as a result, Scott turned down the job.
Shortly after that, the pilot of his old employer contacted him in need of a co-pilot to fly the owner of the company to Palm Springs, CA.
Scott accepted and while on layover there he rented a car to do some sight seeing. Unfortunately he was killed driving thru an intersection when a 19 year old Hispanic kid named Cruz Alejandro Martinez, high on drugs and alcohol, ran the red light and smashed into Scott's car..........
Don't mean to get off topic but I needed to say it, there is no question in my mind that Cruz Alejandro Martinez was an illegal alien living in California. I know he spent four years in prison and where he went afterwards, I have no idea tho I've spent countless hours and days trying to locate him.....
That is so sad. May your dear brother rest in peace.
Always remember, there is no statue of limitations on a well-deserved SSS event...
Probably back in Mexico operating under an entirely different name. In some cultures, naming conventions are rather fluid.
And my condolences. It always seems so random and wasteful.