Thread:SlyCooperFan1/@comment-32065217-20171031001435/@comment-25045164-20171225010635

Mbengzman231 wrote: But my point is that, since he got word that his family got killed by the Stovies, he made his decision that he wont be in the air anymore.

That's during penultimate mission, which happened chronologically earlier than the ending cutscene.