Before he juggled working for the DEA, CIA, and Medellin cartel, American Made protagonist Barry Seal was just a regular airline pilot for TWA.
Of course, an airline pilot's schedule isn't exactly conducive to productive drug smuggling, and in the film, Barry walks away from his job to pursue his career in law enforcement and criminality full time.
Much of Seal's real story has been conflated with legend, made only more complicated by his disputed potential involvement with the CIA.
After losing his job as an airline pilot for TWA, Seal became a full time drug smuggler and DEA informant (and maybe CIA asset).
It looks like Barry's involvement with TWA is something the company would rather keep on the down low, so as not to tarnish their reputation as one of the nation's first major airlines.
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