MSOCS - I rather think you are missing the point.
We are well aware that with the resources now available the present day RAF is obviously unable to put on the sort of show that it did in the past. Whether HM is saluted by 30 aircraft or 90 (which would have been nice) is not really that important. What is far more important though is that many of us feel that because of political decisions made by governments of all colours, and some staggering inefficiency by MOD procurement, the RAF is now dangerously undermanned and under equipped in an increasingly unstable world.
That's the real gripe.