My opinion was based upon several conversations with Smith, face-to-face prior to the disassembling of the Airshow Teams, and conversations with members of the AMA Heat of America Airshow team that were active members when he had his brief and unsuccessful term as prersident of that same team.

I flew with the team for 7 years and worked sdie-by-side with those who were under his control. He is not necessarily a bad guy, he just runs things by his own rules and gives no credence to the opinions of others. If you want to understand him better, I recommend you read The Prince, by Machiavelli.

I hope that this issue gets a LOT more public before the election.