Scotty wore a red shirt, and lived a long, happy life where he was able to retire in peace and fly away in style and luxury.
It's just that the other red shirts were all stupid, they didn't mutiny on Kirk like they should have.
http://pics.livejournal.com/smwance/pic/003qgdy7/I mean, when you have a tribute like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3cL1Aofy90 it just makes sense to send the big guy to the brig.