I do recall at Lyneham when the AOC who had recently completed the 3day VSO fam course decided to lead a 15 ship formation for a para drop in Denmark. The instructor pilot in the Co's chair had his hand surreptitiously behind the control column in order to pull back as we thundered across the North Sea at low level. The warm fuzzy feeling was even more distant when his "Airship" took the occasional swig from a blue ridged glass bottle which he had in the top pocket of his flight suit.
There are phases of every sortie when you can relax for a few minutes. This was not one of them. The DZ at Lolland couldn't arrive soon enough and the landing at Vaerlose was a relief.
There is a reason for the 3month OCU being longer than 3days.