Knowing Gas & Vic were not happy with him, he attended a meeting in Staten Island where he was demoted

Then on a subsequent meeting in a hotel, he convinced himself he was about to get whacked & done a runner..

Not that I blame him, he knew full well how blood thirsty the bosses were however the fact that he survived the first meeting indicates to me anyway, that he was in no imminent danger..

Put simply if Gas wanted you dead, he wanted it done yesterday! Then the 2nd meet was at a public hotel, again, if they wanted him dead surely it wasn't hard to summon Al to somewhere private late at night without witnesses around

He was then informed by the Feds his life was in danger, no shit.. He done a runner from a meet. But just because they informed him, it doesn't mean his life was in danger prior