Well, there is a certain amount of evidence that this chap displayed very poor airmanship, so perhaps that's reason enough to question his continued competence to fly?
Let's not forget that Vince is a microlight pilot, who was flying a microlight. He cannot legally go VMC on top, plus he has certain other restrictions on his flying as a consequence of the limitations of his licence and the Permit to Fly for his microlight.
Others heard the radio exchanges and have reported essentially the same story. Common factors in these relayed radio transcripts are the laid-back manner, the disregard for the hassle he was causing and the lack of understanding of basics, like flight levels.
Of course, we could all be making this stuff up, but Vince himself has contributed some snippets that support the case for his own incompetence. His insistence that he didn't have an accident, for example, or that he didn't run out of fuel, or even that his aircraft has been confirmed as being safe to fly down to 1/2 litre of fuel remaining in the tanks.
We must all make up our own minds as to where the truth lies, but I'm in no doubt that this accident was entirely the fault of the pilot and was absolutely avoidable.
The downside is that the rest of us will have to pay for Vince's arrogant refusal to accept that he is to blame, as the insurance companies will just get the money back from all our premiums. Given that there are only a couple of thousand microlights flying, his actions could add about a fiver to each and every microlight pilot's insurance premiums, more for some if there is more than one underwriter.
VP