Why do I care what he is doing?
Because he gives responsible fliers a bad name, that's why.
In the same way that a minority of BMW drivers never bother to indicate and make us assume that ALL BMW drivers won't, the media is spotlighting this guy and giving airtime to his illegal flying. People will assume we all fly like this and thus, more irresponsible people will be tempted to do the same and the problem grows until the CAA decides enough is enough and makes the rules even more draconian.
Because he gives responsible fliers a bad name, that's why.
In the same way that a minority of BMW drivers never bother to indicate and make us assume that ALL BMW drivers won't, the media is spotlighting this guy and giving airtime to his illegal flying. People will assume we all fly like this and thus, more irresponsible people will be tempted to do the same and the problem grows until the CAA decides enough is enough and makes the rules even more draconian.