Luca had tried to fly away from his family.

The law had simply made sure that some part of what he owed us flew back, permanently, into a trust with our son’s name on it.

Chapter 18 — The Bottom of the Ladder

I will tell you what became of Luca, not because I dwell on it, but because it is part of the shape of things, and because there is a lesson in it that has nothing to do with revenge.

In the aftermath of the airline’s investigation, he was permanently stripped of his captain’s license for gross professional misconduct and flight-deck security violations.