Tourist,
I repeatedly put the word 'stretch' when referring to the glide in inverted commas several times as I didn't
really mean a stretch of the glide and I believe that I've even stated that this isn't possible many times over.
Anyone with a modicum of understanding or flying experience knows that, myself included!
If you had read my comments you would have noticed that.
The correct description eluded me, that's all. I'm not an aerodynamicist. I was hoping someone could help with a more accurate description, which
Mighty Gem did when he referred to a 'change' of glide.
I'm deliberateley vague about my role as I work in a relatively specialist area and as a signatory to the Official Secrets Act, its more than my jobs worth to go to into specifics.
Surely that's obvious? 
The project I work on is large enough, thankyou. If you actually read my posts you would have a good idea who and what Project I worked for...
Just out of interest, when you built 1:72nd aircraft in your youth did you paint over the canopy and call yours 'UAVs'??
As for declaring yourself as a military pilot I do find that hard to believe. I think that is more than likely a smoke screen or an effort to throw PPruners off your scent...
I don't know of a single pilot who would so vehemently advocate the dismantling of the profession after working so hard to get to that position... I think it more likely that you work for the 'Dilbert Defence Corporation's UAV Arm'... at best.
With respect to your comments about the Typhoon being able to fly itself out of a pilot's screw up... I vaguely recall a colleague who works on Typhoon describing this. If I recall right it's a 'panic button' or 'reset button'... think of it as you wish. However, it still requires a pilot's assessment of the unusual attitude to press that button. I prepare to stand corrected, though.
With regard to the Human Error factor you are absolutely right and I never saw fit to challenge that one. My argument was more of the 'one in a million' arguments, which when put into perspective are more frequent than you might like to consider. When you consider that someone wins the lottery most weeks, it puts my argument into perspective.
But that's one for the System Safety Engineers to ponder. 
So... I'll stop with my "cretinous" comments?
Anyhow, is it true Mrs Tourist has been flown unmanned for years and prefers 'real pilots'...