Fine. What did YOUR researches turn up?
Who *really* cares whether the author of this article is a commercial pilot or not?
Okey dokey. I'll start signing everything "Captain Dighton," or "Dighton, MD", or "Dighton, USMC." Then if anyone calls my bluff, I'll ask -- with a look of injured innocence -- what difference does it make?
I have to say, I'm a bit suspicious also, Captain. Google searching on just "John Maniscalco" produces this result. There are several John Maniscalco's referred to: SeaLife Center researcher John Maniscalco, Captain John Maniscalco of the Bend, OR police, NY Oil Heating Association Executive Vice President John Maniscalco, this John Maniscalco, who has unusual tastes in videos, and this John Maniscalco, who has unusual tastes in relatives.
But the only references to Captain John Maniscalco of American Airlines that I could see were multiple copies of this email purporting to be from such a person.
Yrs,
general_re, Lord High Admiral of the Ocean Blue, Spanish-American War Veteran, United States Astronaut (ret.), and Current Guinness Book World-Record Holder for the Longest Continuous Period of Sustained Chainsaw Juggling
(Hey, what difference does it make?)