I have respect for any true professional, especially those who deal skillfully with complex events in dangerous environments (read: any flight). In any group there will be some prats.
I see, the guy (read prat) conducted himself professionally while dealing skillfully in a dangerous environment by joking he had a bomb in his shoes. That one was a complex event.
No wonder you have respect for him. (pun intended)
Usually I prefer to put women on a pedestal, and look up their skirts.
