Choprider,
I know exactly what you mean, I suffered a nightmare after completing Strawberry a couple of years ago. I was chopped at the end of the OCU for muppetry at low-level navigation, a few weeks before hitting a frontline sqn.
I watched in horror and disbelief as loads of studes behind me in the system at DHFS all got restreamed METS before they were anywhere near the end, while I was stripped of wings, flying pay and dignity, and told to find a ground job or leave. On the frontline as well I know of at least one female who was chopped for capacity, but as she had managed to keep CR status for the required 6 months she had to be restreamed METS.
The chopping board said in their report that I had displayed no capacity as a helicopter pilot and was a training risk (like the callsign) if sent to METS. I found this very hard to believe as I had proved myself to be more capable than the monkeys chopped at DHFS by actually PASSING the course... but go figure.
Years of holding and Redressing under QR1000 has still got me nowhere, but maybe one day I'll get what I want/deserve. The chimps running the aircrew desks at PMA are constantly on the back-foot as are their bosses above them, they will never get the numbers of required pilots correct. My deskie didn't support me one bit even though recommends were sent to PMA by other Commands such as STC and JHC which supported my appeal for a restream!
I quote the Air Secretary at the time (a 2-star): "A front-line sustainability study suggests the RAF will have a surplus of pilots until 2008". (Then why do we still recruit and why oh why are people pre-wings being restreamed?)
My personal pet theory is this: That by getting to an OCU, you are given enough rope to hang yourself with: if you fail, in their retarded brains you've proved you can't cope with a multi-engine OCU..... so chop him! But get chopped before an OCU, and guess what, you're still under PTC rules and budgets = more chance of a restream.
These may be the ramblings of a madman, but at the end of the day keep Redressing and appealing and writing letters and doing whatever you can. And most importantly, don't get chopped!
Training Risky