I have a little experience of tail draggers with a fair few horse power. I'm not that fussed about other's opinions , but this wasn't exactly Chamblis' finest hour.
His comments were ill thought out, but honest. They came across as incredibly arrogant. He screwed it up, as all of us do at some point, but I don't do it in front of a TV crew.
I've never stood an aircraft on it's nose because I wasn't looking where I was going. That isn't to say I won't in the future, that wasn't the problem.
I'm not expecting an adrenaline charged ex-fighter jock who's just bruised his ego and a/c in front of millions to be an ambassador to the UN, but his comments were over the top even given this situation.
Fact is, he came across as a muppet and I have a huge amount of respect for all the Red Bull guy's. What do you think the general populace would think of that?