LJ - much as my fingers are fighting to agree and support the fighter fraternity, I have to agree. If they'd had some boring git blahing on about how vital the role is (though I think you'll find that this was highlighted by Mr R) there would have been the opposite reaction on here. Nothing wrong with a bit of gratuitous back-slapping and some nice aerial shots - some spotty youth may just have been enthused enough to show an interest; I doubt that a declaration of military priorities would have had quite the same effect.
Oh, and I did hear it was a case of
......airborne.....g.......queasy.....bag....chunder.....'ch under in a bag - done!'
Any truth?