Heh heh. I completely agree. This Rodney and Woolsey seem like too big of jerks to help John out (and no, saving his life would not count - that falls under 'not being evil'), but given that he knows about aliens anyways and has the strongest expression of the ATA gene (even of the writers forget...) I could see him being, ahem, 'encouraged' to work at Area 51 or the SGC. It's not far from there to meeting a certain pilot.