ontherivet
In order to answer your question may I ask you to reflect on whether you actually want to grace our profession with your talents. You show no hunger or yearning for the job, but prefer to mull over the options of another work-avoidance jaunt.
Out of 4763 applications which are successively whittled down through various tests and selection processes over many months, there may be 24 selected to begin a course.....just over half will finish the course. Of those remaining there may be barely a dozen who will successfully validate after a couple of years intense training at their unit.....massive respect to them!
Over to you buddy.....how hungry are you?....impress me with your credentials.....if you were the "right stuff" you would not even have to consider an alternative....there wouldn't be one.