Things were looking up until 9/11

After the kidnapping, Reg had decided that it would be both safer and easier to find work in Toronto, than to remain in PEI, where he was shunned. 

Reg was able to find a job working at the Toronto Island Airport, shortly after his arrival in the Spring.  Although it was not an Avionics position, it was a good paying job, and he had hoped to eventually be able to transition to an Avionics role.

When 9/11 happened, Reg's world would change.  Starting in early Fall, the Airport tightened up its hiring procedures and evaluated all staff.  Reg was ultimately terminated, not for performance, but due to the fact that he had a criminal record, and would therefore be viewed as a security risk.

Reg was devastated, and tried to look for work elsewhere, but was unsuccessful.  This was probably one of the major turning points for him in the last years of his life.

The following is a draft letter from that time period:

 

Draft Letter to employer?

Dear Jack:

Hi! How are you?  I hope all is well.  I am writing to you to inquire / plead, beg, about the availability of short (?) term employment which, so far, has eluded?  It seems to me, and I have spoken to several other crew members, that we are being …  [end of writing]