I agree, he probably shouldn't be flying
Seriously though, not surprising given his flying background. In the F-16, I rarely if ever reference the AoA indicator, aside from using it to ensure I won't scrape the speedbrakes on the runway during the flare. However landing on the boat in a Hornet, you had better care what it has to say, at least if you ever want to land. Fly it fast/lower AoA and you will either bolter or very possibly 3 point the thing, which will generally trigger an overstress and a jack job which your maintainers won't be happy about (and often both of these things will happen at the same time). Fly it slow/higher AoA, and you risk real scary things happening around the fantail. So probably less of a concern for our USAF friends, though one thing it will do for any aircraft is give you a good max range and max endurance profile regardless of fuel load/gross weight.