What do the Thunderbirds pilots do when they can't fly? I went to an airshow recently, and the Thunderbirds performed. However, by the time they finished the startup and flight check ceremonies, bad weather had rolled in. However, they did still taxi into position at the end of the runway to wait for the bad weather to blow over. About 45 minutes to an hour later, they decided visibility was to bad to fly, and they taxied back to the ramp.

My question is if there is a solitaire game built into the Thunderbird flight software or something to keep them from dying of boredom, or if they just stoically stare at the end of the runway.
I would imagine they do the same thing all pilots do when they go to the airport expecting a nice day and wind up grounded by weather: Sit around at the airport with the other pilots and complain about the lousy weather. (In this case, since they're all sitting in position waiting for the weather to clear up any griping was probably done over the radio.)

There are of course other things they can do, being a fairly well-known demonstration team and an important component of the public relations arm of the US Air Force, for example signing autographs and talking to spectators at the airport.