I have just watched the programme, having recorded it, and having been conditiioned by reading this thread beforehand. I get the part about it having been dumbed down to make it accessible to the general public, and I don't have any conceptual difficulty with this. My only gripe is with the extent of the dumbing down, exemplified by the recurring references to "fast jet driving tests". Surely even the dimmer elements of the general public deserve something a bit more thought provoking and insightful than this?
The programme makers seem to have been given some pretty special access, particularly in the US, but appear to have squandered it producing something with marginally less gravitas than the "epic" Eddie Stobart series.
Heres hoping episode 2 is a bit more substantive.