Arm Out The Window
Not really a sad state of affairs, as R7s are relatively junior people who don't fly in the team aerobatically, aren't QFIs and will often go on to bigger and better things later.
I didn't realise that, thanks. I will say though that if he was direct entry then his IMPS is more than 50% complete; without an operational posting. We've seen similar things in AAvn and the FAA in recent years.