Hey fella, welcome to the thread.
I have to say that the one comment from you that (as a recruiter) put me off was the
wouldn't have been an Observer if u'd paid me a £1,000,000
What do you want?
Do you want to be a Naval Officer?
Do you want to be aircrew?
Do you want to be a pilot?
Do you want to be an Observer?
I'm afraid that comments like "wouldn't have been an Observer if u'd paid me a £1,000,000" will not get you in.
If you really want to be a member of the senior service. If you really want to be a part of the greatest fighting force of this country. If you really want to join the Navy then you have to be committed. It seems to me that you are not sure of your commitment. In the Royal Navy you are a Warfare Officer first and an Aviator second.
Your allegiance should be to the warfare of the ship, the combat of the vessel…and not to being a pilot.
Finally, when I attended the AIB I told them that I read “The Sun” as do half the population, and I got in. So reading the wrong paper is not the reason you failed the AIB.
My advice. Go back and tell them that you want to be a Naval Officer. Tell the truth. You never know what will happen. Stranger things have happened - they let me in for a starter