Whilst noting your undoubted enthusiasm, I have to sate that in my day one learned how to walk before being taught how to run....
Despite several gentle promptings on this thread Beags, you really can't stop yourself from sounding like a pompous old fool. Your tone is patronising in the extreme and any valid points you make are lost, simply because you alienate half of the contributors by your tone. A front line fast jet mate is unlikely to be impresed by your tales of LL nav as a pair in Wales as he has done the same thing. Similarly your rivetting stories of UAS QFI are likely to leave him cold.
To many you come across as a dinosaur who couldn't crack it at the sharp end, for whatever reason, and spent the rest of your time firmly in the comfort zone. To preach in an arrogant and pompous manner simply leaves you open to ridicule.
Any spelling and grammar mistakes are because I'm not very good at it.