BV,
With your experience, would you agree that Fast Jet pilots in the RAF should do Land Aways to busy civilian airports. I'm not talking about Heathrow or Gatwick (even if you could get a slot) but there are many airports in Europe that would accept and provide valuable training to justify that Procedural Rating. There are even Joint User airfields where you can get the training without incurring large costs.
Is the average RAF FJ pilot well prepare to operate in Class A Airspace into busy airports throughout the world?
Maybe it is/could be done in the Sim, but only if the staff are totally up to date with present procedures!