The reds aren't, the BBMF are. Given the amount of trg the reds do it isn't feasible for membership to be a secondary duty.
I hope they do survive - they're pretty much the only bit of the RAF that anyone the public gets to see these days and, think what you like of them as individuals, but the formation always turns heads as it transits past. As a symbol of the excellence to which we as a Service used once to aspire to, they are second to none. Why not just keep them as a reminder of how good we once were?
PS. I held there over 15 years ago. I can safely say that there were, on the team, some of the biggest chisellers and egomaniacs it has ever been my misfortune to stumble across. Flying looked good though
