Sorry guys, the suggestion of confusion is impossible , for me at least, to swallow
Given your background, any idea why those gates might have been missed or ignored? Were/what human factors might have been in play? Because that's what it seems to boil down to, given a serviceable aircraft.
I note from the report,
The AAIB was not able to obtain a comprehensive insight into the use of gate heights by display pilots. However, two pilots other than the accident pilot, who had relevant military and fast jet experience and were interviewed in the course of the investigation, volunteered that they had used an incorrect gate height during a display, or omitted to check a gate height