Hi Hawk, was your age and had the same options given to me, although about 40 years ago.
Although I had passed Pilot/Nav I was asked if I would like to take the NCO Aircrew selection tests.
36-years later having spent a career in the back end of a noisy aircraft I retired having had a mostly
rewarding and enjoyable career. I think it gives the selectors more options especially as nowadays the
number of places available are so few.