LOMCEVAK,
I think you have misquoted me slightly on the infallibilty or otherwise of the military system.
IMHO, good currency on type is very important to safety, day-to-day, and in display. I do not believe that a few displays across 10 years are necessarily as safe as many displays in a single season. I quote "do not need as much practice or recency." The type of display seems key to much of this, high energy manoeuvres, aeros etc are very much removed from benign flypasts and simple performance demonstrations. Its a very tricky area, and I for one don't have the answers.