Did Jesse the director also fly planes?

Like them old bi-planes, hana!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP1dBcBUFWY

Also Jesse's monologue with Manero is pretty terrible...

Who cares? Nobody has to care. In this business, I don’t have to care about you. And you don’t have to care about me. And if you can’t follow that, follow this: You wanna dance here, you follow my rules. It’s not a democracy. You know, you are not the best dancer to ever hit Broadway…(PAUSE)…What you have is anger. And a certain intensity, and that’s what I need to make this show work. What’dya think you’re so terrific you’re gonna go out and you’re gonna score another show? Is that it? The best thing that you ever scored in your whole life is Laura, but you even blew that cuz you got too heavy with her. You’re different kinds of people. And no matter how much you carry on, you’re never gonna change that. If you had half a brain in that thick skull of yours, you’d stop worrying about trying to change other people, and start worrying about changing yourself.