Originally Posted by
Jay Sata
My impression of Kirk is he is a pilot who can fix his basic aircraft anywhere in the world and get airborne. You mention paperwork and his suggestions of crash landing.
Kirk uses those tales to get publicity.
The truth is there are very few pilots who can match his ability in situations such as he found himself in South Sudan.
Kirk has never been prosecuted and found guilty of any flying issue as far as I know.
I bow to your knowledge of him, as I've never met the guy.
All I've got to go on is the Twinternet and all I can see from that is a great stick and rudder man but a pain in the ar*e who has problems with any form of authority. The interminable bolux concerning his court cases and incarcerations make me wonder what sort of bloke he is.
I'm open to being convinced that he is worthy of an official award, but he seems to be too much of a maverick to want one or to care much either