I will walk naked down Queen Street with a feather up my a**e and whistle dixie if the aero population at Archerfield were not all well aware of Hempel's condition.
The Mall has so many crazy looking people in it already that you'd probably go unoticed.
Seriously though, are you sure the full details were as widely known as all that? It's been some years since I've flown at Archerfield (at which time Barry was regarded as a bit of a maverick and a bit of a perv, but nothing like what's come out with this accident) but I'd be surprised if the AAC office knew his license had been revoked and still recommended him. Of course I've been surprised before.
There are certainly some people who would have known the whole story, but was it widely known by all people about his license revokation or the seizures? Or was the general word on the field as it was in the early 2000s, that he was a bit of a nut who didn't always play by the rules, but still basically compliant?
