Mr.Farley,
we all know what you say is spot-on as usual; the only bit which concerns me is " in those days " ! --- Has it got better then ??!!
I did think one word which ( unless I've missed it as usual ) was noticeably absent from the Hawk debate here is ' commonality ' - given that there's still a relatively large T1 fleet, and the 128 buy not that big.
Re. The variable stability training you mentioned, I suppose the lessons from the Astra Hawk project are too old technology now ?, or BAe just didn't feel like it...
I can't help thinking the civil serpents are hoping to get away without a future advanced trainer programme, as A, they reckon you can do anything with simulators, B, they keep hearing ' no more manned aircraft soon '...