A 'colourful character' to be sure, but when I interviewed him, found that he was also one who was pretty brutally honest about his own shortcomings, while other XV Squadron folk who flew alongside him in Granby were complimentary.
I find the alacrity with which people who didn't know him (except by reputation) are queuing up to kick him when he's down, (and from behind the anonymity of a PPRuNe handle), pretty distasteful.
Perhaps worth remembering that he's a fellow aviator, and a man who put his 'nads on the line for his country in a real shooting war.
And whatever his weaknesses, those two things should entitle him to a little consideration and even respect.