I can think of no one less suitable to be promoted as an ambassador for aviation than Kirk.
He is a national and international disgrace to all that aviation represents, a lawless cowboy whose string of accidents, crashes, repeated engine failures and staggering cowboy attitude brings aviation itself into bad repute and indicate his total inappropriateness for this idiotic suggestion
His total disregard for all laws, rules and conventions, aviation or otherwise, do not make him a hero, they make him a dangerous maverick. He should be prosecuted, not promoted.
He is a shameful disgrace to all law abiding society, vetinary and aviation especially.
Well done, thoroughly well done to the Kenyan authorities who have (one hopes) finally refused to allow this bodge-taped wreck of an aeroplane to continue in parlous flight when it is evident that many before it should have done so too.