I knew Eric from when we were flight attendants together before his girlfriend got fired and he left to pursue flight school. He was good friends with my roommate so would be over at my house. He says he is straight, but also would tell people at work about his gay porn career like that's a casual thing to bring up in conversation. He was also a Trumper, anti-vax, anti-mask, etc, and they'd go to Mexico during the pandemic closures and fake COVID test results to get back into the U.S.
I know some of the NGPA pilots he got close with, and I think he used his background & appeal to network with them to get ahead.