just a short note
many years ago I was part of a crew displaying a large and venerable aircraft at an air display the red arrows were present at. Our display pilot, very experienced on type, was pleasantly surprised to be greeted at post display bash by a member of the red arrows who had seen his display and complemented him on doing a great job. Arrogant and egotistical? I think not.
We all used to extract the micheal a little from them but in all honesty they repeatedly produce the goods, season in season out. The RAF and UK plc would be a smaller and greyer place without them.