I watched it, and there was some really impressive cinematography in there in my opinion and it was a well put together program.
The only downfall is that at the end, after being told which guys got through I was left thinking "who?" - it seems the show focused only among a core of 4 or so of the pilots, none of whom were the ones who got through. Only seeing people be rejected at the end was odd too, wouldn't you want to film the successful guys?
x10 - I too wondered about the 128 when they mentioned all the analogue equipment etc...