Shortly after he was sworn in as president, Donald Trump summoned top airline executives to the White House to brag about his personal pilot. “My pilot, he’s a smart guy, and knows what’s going on. He said the government is using the wrong equipment,” Trump said, referring to machinery used at airports. Later, he asked whether the current head of the Federal Aviation Administration was a pilot, because “I think it maybe would be good to have a pilot, like a really good pilot who knows what’s going on.” Almost a year later, the F.A.A. is on the hunt for a new administrator—a massive job overseeing airports, air-traffic organization, aviation safety, and commercial space transportation, with an annual 11-figure budget. And though the job has typically gone to someone with experience working in large companies with thousands of employees and lots of moving parts, the guy who ferried Trump around on a private jet is reportedly still top of mind.

Axios reports that John Dunkin, who flew the president across the country on a Boeing 757 during his campaign, is on the short list of candidates to head up the F.A.A. (The Washington Post later confirmed that Dunkin is “in the mix” for the position.) Dunkin seemingly sealed the deal when he would tell Trump during delays on the tarmac that such inconveniences would be eliminated were a certain pilot in charge of the agency—hint, hint. While wholly unsurprising that a guy who gave his daughter and experience-free son-in-law top jobs in the White House would to install a familiar face, not everyone is enthused about the idea, according to Jonathan Swan:

One industry insider equated this to the Seinfeld episode when Cosmo Kramer used his golf caddy as a jury consultant. A senior administration official told me that comparison is completely unfair. The source confirmed Trump recommended Dunkin and that he’s sat for an interview for the post. That source said he was impressive.

According to the administration, Dunkin has much more relevant experience than just being Trump’s buddy. “He’s managed airline and corporate flight departments, certified airlines from start-up under F.A.A. regulations, and oversaw the Trump presidential campaign’s air fleet, which included managing all aviation transportation for travel to 203 cities in 43 states over the course of 21 months,” a source told Axios. (Incidentally, one of Trump’s campaign jets was briefly flown unregistered—a problem Trump circumvented with a legal maneuver.) To be fair, of all Trump’s abjectly terrible personnel picks, this one could be a lot worse—at this point, we should all be grateful that Jared’s name hasn’t been floated. The fact that the news leaked in the first place, however, may indicate that someone in the White House doesn’t think Trump’s chauffeur to the skies is quite up to the challenge.