"...was told that he was "too operationally focused" to be picked up for promotion....."
That is the most crass and shaming statement that I have ever seen on Pprune, if that is the case then I am afraid it's over, the lunatics HAVE taken over the asylum, the cart is well before the horse, the world has been turned upside down and the RAF of old I knew is dead and buried.
Perhaps we should burn the remains, encase them in a small ern and play some form of sport for them on an annual basis?
Too operationaly focussed to be picked for promotion? I really HAVE heard it all now, retiring to weep quietly in a corner............