Originally Posted by
Jeff767
I am still betting the pilot was a paid customer not a non rev.
I agree! The only other possibility would be if the pilot was deadheading. Otherwise, Non Rev would have been one of the last to board. If he was Non Rev, be it an AA or other pilot, and this a full flight or fairly full flight then that Non Rev would have been one of the very last to board.
Deadheading or paid ticket, then he could have been one of the very first to board.