I started to re think things as this was the kind of person I was going to spend my life working with.
Ballsy move making generalisations about the Harrier force from one guy !!! The guy you flew with only asked you why you wanted to fly something second best! Perfectly fair comment if you ask me.
You say that the best thing in the world is sitting on a flight deck with lots of people bantering about non flying things. Funny. From my recollections the best afternoons were spent at LL through the highlands
then bantering in the coffee bar or happy hour about non flying things. But then you probably don't want to tax yourself too much fella.
By the way smart move to drop in the bit about lots of mates who don't care about the air force - makes you look windswept and interesting.