Some good points in your post
Beagle, but I have to take issue with this one
2. 'Oxford and Cambridge of fighter pilot training'? Daft comment - meaning only the rich and privileged are likely to make it to Valley.
Miss TTN went to Oxford, and she was neither rich nor privileged (I'm her dad so she can't be!). What she is is bright and hard working, just like those young men and women going through Valley