As for the safety, it's the air force, they can do whatever they want so it seems. Imagine a civil operator getting CASA approval for this
Hell of a lot safer having the Air Force oversight the flyover rather than having Fort Fumble organise it. Most of The RAAF pilots could fly the pig between two hay bales, CASA wouldnt be able to fly the pig safely between two continents.....
Whether you like the planes or not, they have become part of the Aussie culture and will be surely missed. As for the lads flying them on saturday night - Give it heaps !!
P.S I hear the STIG may be flying one....