John appears to have some good experience and knowledge to convey, he just hasn't learned to do so in a way which doesn't come across as - oh shall we say "in your face."
I'd put that down as a "growth area" for him as the HR people would say.
And to put something in on topic: I've never flown any of the SVS equipped aircraft, but IF the aircraft incorporated a camera view as part of a PFD I can see where it _might_ be useful in a vision-obscured type emergency. If the display was anywhere other than the PFD or HUD I'd think it would be worse than useless.