There's a fine line, surely, between 'showing off' in the way outlined in some of the previous posts, and the kind of spirit and personal pride in one's own expertise which should surely be the hallmark of the military aviator?
Isn't there an inevitable risk that the line might sometimes be crossed?
Or isn't there always the risk that when familiarising troops with helicopter operations in the safety of the UK, that there will be a temptation to make their experience as 'dynamic' as it might be under operational conditions?
Flight Safety might be best served by recruiting 'balanced introverts' - whereas, for sound military reasons, doesn't OASC look for the 'balanced extrovert'?
Of course there should be some navel gazing after any fatal accident, and we should do our utmost to prevent them, and to try to avoid any repetition, but could we not do so without hysteria, without involving the Police and the CPS, and without slinging mud at dead aircrew?