1920s PPRuNers would have said, "Tush!!! Ridiculous, ungentlemanly nonsense!!! We need knights of the skies manning our aeroplanes.
Or, as the old stagers used to cry into their cups (when I were a lad) :
" Oh, for the days of the R.A.F. when it was that the
aeroplanes were made of wood and were flown by
men made of steel!
" It's t'other way round these days etc. etc.
"
Nothing changes: the Service has obviously been going steadily downhill since April 1st 1918.