I'm with AM on this. Perhaps we should attempt to prise Eddie Pratt out of retirement, although I suspect that some of his top tip recce features ( the Hormone helicopter springs to mind) would not pass muster with the PC brigade, especially Stateside.
As an aside, if the primary role of the AEO on the Nimrod was to keep the sun off the Tac Screen, does that still apply to the P8, which does appear to have fewer windows
