Everything about James R Bath totally explained
James Reynolds Bath (1937 - ) was a former director of
Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), and part owner of
Arbusto Energy with
George W. Bush, with whom Bath served as a member of the
Texas Air National Guard during the
Vietnam War. Like Bush, Bath was suspended from flying status in 1972 for failing to accomplish his annual medical examination.
Bath got his start in real estate in 1973 by forming a partnership with
Lloyd Bentsen's son, Lan, in Bath Bentsen Interests.
In 1978, Bath became a Director of the
Main Bank, based in
Houston, Texas. His fellow investors were
John Connally; Saudi financier
Ghaith Pharaon; and Mahfouz. Also at this time, he founded
JB&A Aviation, a corporate aviation brokerage firm, along with fellow businessmen Johnson Taylor and Jerry Smith.
In 1980, Bath was named company president of
Cotopax Investments, registered in the
Cayman Islands. The name was changed to
Skyway Aircraft Leasing Ltd. The company board then resigned en masse, leaving Bath as a sole director. The company acted as a supplier of large passenger and air cargo jets. At one point, it leased a $10 million
Gulfstream II jet to the
Abu Dhabi National Oil Corporation, which was controlled by
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the late first president of the
United Arab Emirates. Bath's partners in Skyway and his other companies are unknown.
Bath founded
Southwest Airport Services to manage the Houston Gulf Airport, and to provide military fueling services at
Ellington Field. He also served as president of the Skyway Aircraft Leasing company.
Bath's
discharge from the National Guard and his relationships to the bin Laden family, the Bush family, and Arbusto were among the issues explored in
Michael Moore's
2004 documentary film
Fahrenheit 9/11, as well as his book
Dude, Where's My Country? (released the same year.) Artist
Mark Lombardi illustrated associations between Bath, the Bush family, the bin Laden family, and
BCCI in drawings put on display in 2000 and now available in a book.
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