My UK colleagues describe it as inevitable - higher and higher prices for less and less
The last one was a parade of identi-kit airliners doing nothing - "a procession of Ford Focuss's" was one comment
And anything interesting disappears after trade days because ,suddenly "we have to maintain the test program" leaving the public with the Battle of Britain Flight, the Red Arrows and the USAF (who have always seemed to take Farnbro' seriously)
I understand it but to me it's another sign that aerospace is now a routine, boring , manufacturing operation and the romance has been squeezed right out.......
I guess RIAT and Duxford are all that's left really......