A good pilot wouldn't have gotten himself in the position where he might have to decide on a shot like that one. Just saying.
ehhhh... it's a fairly common angle (and shot.) and you don't always know who you're up against or what may be inbound...
it's somewhat contextual too, if it was at speed, ie the second or third merge, then ehhhhh and since it was in the horizontal and not vertical, at stall speeds taking the shot... eh. if it were in the vertical it'd be a discussion about a rope and the stall/front qte shot. <or at least the apparent stall/FQ shot - right grizz?

> in the vert it becomes more acceptable in a sense. There's a fine art to roping. They still get miffed tho', but not as vocal as the horizontal crowd.
In the MA, anything goes. DM was just unhappy he didn't get the fight he was looking for, Midway is just trying (and too hard at that) to find the acceptable "line." I think he has, yet it will continue to evolve into his own line, with experience.
Could be one helluva troll for all I care, lol. Maybe he's actually Levi?
