The 30 Rock actor who was kicked off an AA flight earlier in the week made a surprise cameo during the Weekend Update segment of SNL, playing an American Airlines pilot, Steve Rogers. 

The fake “pilot” apologized to Alec Baldwin for tossing him off the flight at LAX. “We’re bankrupt; how dare we speak ill of the great Alec Baldwin,” said the “pilot.”

SNL head writer Seth Meyers came up with the skit idea says Baldwin’s spokesperson, Matthew Hiltzik. “Seth Meyers came up with the concept, and it wasn’t like we approached them. We were interested in moving on [but Seth] came up with the concept and Alec was willing to play along. He also knows [the SNL cast] so there’s great familiarity and a trust factor. But if it hadn’t been something he felt comfortable with, he wouldn’t have done it.”