Dufwer, I think you are totally right, but you have clearly not recognised the important operational necessity for run and breaks in the civil set up. I fly a reasonably high performance aeros machine and have to admit that a bit of airborne hooliganism is great fun, but as I do not want to end up dead it is in safe places at appropriate altitudes for whatever the hoolganism of the day is. I have also flown in formations, not quite the Mallory Big Wing league but formations none the less, and the only point of an R&B is because it is fun. It therfore has to be done only when nobody is around. This negates the point however for the flying egomaniac where the only pointis to let other people see them; the airborne equivelant of the Vauxhall Nova with added noise, it's the look at me factor, and as such has no place in safe aviation practice.
R&B even by the proficient exponents of the art, only encourge the less able to have a go, which is a bad thing. If it is possible for Concorde to slow down from Mach whatever to a sensible approcah speed, there is no reason whatsoever why even a large formation cannot disperse at a pre-planned rate and arrive individually at a sensible speed for an approach apropriate to the environment in which they intend to land. If as pilots they have so little control or situational awareness that this is not possible they should not be flying formations and should get some sensible training.
Too many A/G airfields are turning into the playground of mindless egotistical pilots who have either little regard for others or not enough skill and training to fit in with standard circuit practice. These people should be grounded until they learn some manners.
So there!
Another thing, is there any link bewteen pilots skill and the numbr of badges on their flying gear: in my experience there is an inverse link between them. Beware the flying suit full of badges.
