"I would have thought that the field of full time RAF pilots.." If you did think that, dsc it only shows you're out of touch with the present-day display world. At last years Cosford for instance, all the jets aside from a solo Typhoon and the Reds were civilian. Clearly this offends you but that's how it is. And since you make the point, there have, unfortunately, been numerous tragic examples of airshow crashes by full-time military pilots in UK and elsewhere. Some have involved terrible loss of life on the ground. Can you give even one instance where the pilots' background or training has been spotlighted in this way?