The Royal Navy is currently desparate for pilots.
This is just not true.
The reason why Mr Pink failed pilot entry into the FAA is simple. His observer scores (although he may have passed them according to the RAF) did not pass the FAA levels. These levels have been increased by them purely because they can - given the large amount of people applying to the FAA versus the limited number of spaces. This is according to the Commander at RAFC Cranwell who looks after all of the pilot intake into DEFTS. Not some simple mess chat.
Pieman i did like your comment about pubuser there are lots of bitter resentful idiots that use this forum that like to slag off others as they're not good enough to be promoted from baggage handler to pilot.