Sod 'em all
Why don't we go RNZAF and just stop flying aircraft. Then if there is a war, all we do is challenge people to go head to head in a sim somewhere, with the losers running away with their tails between their legs and thinking how to do it better next time. Playstation rules everyone!
Or why don't we just keep on doing what we do best and fly the ac.
I've been night flying recently, and it is a damn sight better in the real ac than in the sim. Yes, the sim is good at certain aspects of aviation training, but real hours are worth more than sim hours.
And as for noise complainants, well thats another story.
Shock revelation for a bloke who owns a mansion near a UK SH base- helicopters fly low level day AND night.
Sorry for going off at a tangent, but does defence of the realm and protection of all that is British mean nothing nowadays?