^^ That was my quote. But I'm a Sergeant in a ground trade, so I can't be accused of being typically aircrew centric.
Like most ground tradesmen I didn't join the RAF because I'd seen the Reds. I joined because I was in the air cadets and really enjoyed my visits to RAF stations, plus the work experience days that went with that, so I suppose you could argue that the spaceys are in fact an important recruiting tool in their own right... as effective as the reds? More effective? Who knows, it's a difficult thing to quantify.