Just speculating but maybe he didn’t want to arouse suspicion? It could be that he would have liked to have it, but may not have been able to get it without raising some eyebrows.
Obviously no excuse for not having it to begin with, and doesn’t reflect well on Air Canada for promoting him to captain without it.
Why didn’t he just get the licence? He passed every training check and update in 16 years, 32 times.
Just speculating but maybe he didn’t want to arouse suspicion? It could be that he would have liked to have it, but may not have been able to get it without raising some eyebrows.
Obviously no excuse for not having it to begin with, and doesn’t reflect well on Air Canada for promoting him to captain without it.