He is 65 and has 16 months left on his contract before driving his half-ton pickup truck off into the sunset on his arid, scrubby ranch in southern Texas.
Perhaps this investor is optimistic that the September contract expires after driving season comes to an end, and that investor appetite for airline shares will discount cheaper fuel costs looking ahead.
Trip Hawkins, who is the original founder of EA and was the man behind the concept of the game (he convinced John Madden to come on board), has said that Antonick was not the person driving the game and that EA dropped him as a contract worker when the industry upgraded to 16-Bit consoles because the job required the skills of more advanced programmers.
In August, reigning Formula 2 champion Andy Soucek terminated his contract as Virgin Racing's third and reserve driver, citing a lack of test driving opportunities this season.