I’m sure it happens all the time, but it seemed he might not meet whatever minimum standard, let alone make the outward queue for a spot. And, that’s potentially exploitable against the political position of his future mother-in-law. It might be better first, that he didn’t (if he did) get jumped in the line—with a reported $7 million book advance his future in-laws might have found another way to help—and second, that she hadn’t publicized his having the slot if he was.
She doesn’t have any $7 million book deal. And there is absolutely no evidence that she had anything to do with his job. And how the hell do you know so much about apprentice jobs in Alaska?