Capt Homesick...
One suspects the pilot of AE might have had a tear or two stuff up his aiming point!!
And as for never hearing the end of it, he'll be able to stop any jibes dead with 'Well, mate, at least I was on it, at the sharp end. Where were you??!!'
(or is the front actually the 'blunt end' when a Conc is landing??!!)