What I thought was...
.....both arrogant and dismissive in tone of Mick Strigg's post - "P77s off you boring old fart, who cares whether you come or not. Who cares whether you served in the FAA a long time ago. So what!"
I do hope that was not posted by a uniformed member of the "team" at Yeovilton. If it was a member of the "contracted in" bunch I do hope someone takes him on one side and tells him his fortune.
The Ancient Mariner