The guy was a selfish, boneheaded jerk.
True but if he really was a psychopath (like the character James Cagney played in ‘White Heat’) he could have flown to Seattle and picked the tallest building in the city for his final touchdown while shouting Aloha Snackbar all the in to really tie everyone’s tail in a knot.
Only if Hed made it before the F-15s got there and shot Him down.