OK dude, no comedy answers....
In theory, the streaming board that assembles after Elementary Flying Training should assign student pilots to one of the three streams based on nothing more than his flying: encompassing handling skills, airmanship, capacity, you get the picture?
Now every now and then there may be factors that muddy the decision-making process: Too many multi-engine pilots? Fine, send them all FJ and RW. Too many FJ pilots? Then blokes that would normally get FJ suddenly find themselves on one of the other streams.
There was a huge re-streaming meeting at Linton a few months ago which re-streamed certain pilots who had PASSED the Tucano phase. These guys were good, but due to the lowered Into Productive Service (IPS) requirement of the FJ frontline, the requirement at Valley was reduced. So a lot of p!ssed-off guys suddenly find themselves at Shawbury or Cranditz wearing Tucano wings!
Only the FJ desk-officers themselves know if there is political pressure on them to fill unofficial quotas for female/ethnic minority students.... come on guys! Spill the beans!
