Craig,
Firstly, I could have found you half a dozen blokes who could have done a better job than PC did on Rafale.
Secondly: Who better than PC to evaluate Typhoon?
Anyone who can tick some or all of the following boxes.
Someone with frontline AD experience
Someone who has flown a frontline FJ this century (excepting one off flight tests)
Someone who has flown one or more of the following types - F-15, F-16, F/A-18, MiG-29, Gripen, Rafale.
Someone who realises why it was a bit over-the-top, and bizarre to conclude that: "If I had to go into combat, on any mission, against anyone, I would, without question, choose the Rafale," given his actual operational flying experience.
Someone who can write, but who might stray just a little less far from the kind of measured and calm analytical approach you’d expect from an ETPS graduate - whether or not they were actually TP qualified.
I'm a bit surprised that no-one has yet tracked down one of the operational Typhoon pilots who have already flown Rafale.... I bet those blokes have a tale to tell....
