FJJP
I agree that Rolls-Royce were undoubtedly the finest. Something like 95% of my total flying hours were powered by RR - mostly single-jets which never once let me down!
FD&H
Yes, by the time even the first Canberra cockpits were designed, cockpit layout was understood to be important for the safe and effective operation of aircraft. Ergonomics was then in its infancy, but most contemporaries of the Canberra (eg Canadair T-33, Hunter) were streets ahead of its awful layout. RAF TP input was important, but sometimes too late. One of the worst examples of that was TSR2, where Boscombe Down input was overruled (by English Electric - again!) on the footling grounds that it would delay first flight. The old, old story of too many vested interests. Still going strong, I fear.