There is some mis-information here on ex-Chiefs and Peerages. Only retired CDSs become life peers as a result of their Service (in the last 50 years or so at least). They become cross-bench Peers and hold no party political affiliations. In the House of Lords they are refered to as 'noble and gallant' Lords during verbal exchanges.
Those ex-Servicemen of any rank who become life peers as a result of political appointments (the late Lord Garden (Liberal), Lord West(Labour)) are merely 'noble' Lords and sit on their party's bench in the House.
As for the main thread - given we have so few servicemen these days it's hardly surprising their representation in either House is lacking. Recent events have shown that many MPs are self-serving, back-stabbing, dishonest undesireables (but as we elected them they're our self-serving, back-stabbing, dishonest undesirables!) consequently I agree with the view: why would any decent military aviator want to become one? Of course there may also be some self-serving, back-stabbing, dishonest military aircrew out there but in my experience they're a rather rarer breed
