Red Arrows SOPs

? There’s only one position to be in . . . the right one. ? If you get out of position . . . get back in ASAP. ? If someone in front of you starts to thrash, select full power and get real close. ? Don’t take any s..t from Synchro. ? Don’t ask for advice in season – you’ve had six months training, you should be able to do it by now. ? There is only one person in the Red Arrows who isn’t a Red Arrow . . . the manager, so don’t listen to him. ? Cope.

The above has been expanded from a condensed edition of the Standard Operating Procedures of the RAF Aerobatic Team