I wondered about this too, but the fact that Google has very little on him besides what has been posted here proves little. If I put my name in I get nothing, yet I know I'm me. There just are no refernces to me on the 'net.
Good point. However, if an airline pilot
had written this, I'd expect to find furious denunciations by CAIR and other Islamic groups, and demands for his firing.
FWIW, the item has been buzzing around since March or earlier. According to this page, it was a speech "delivered at the annual Kahane Memorial Dinner, January 29, 2002."