Yes, he is alive and well, but always extremely busy, I'm sure he will be in touch shortly to update you...

As can be the way in the modern world a backlog of emails can build up, and can take longer to reply to than the new fangled forms of instant messaging ;)

R

: i've been trying to get in contact with him for the last month or
: so, but no replies to several emails regarding my autavia he's
: working on -- not sure what else to do.