scroggs:
I am well aware of grapevines but Cuillan seems to be suggesting something more overt than just putting in a word for an old buddy.
If I were a young man trying to get into BA I should be very p+ssed off if I thought that RAF pilots got prior knowledge of the interview procedure, the maths test etc. etc.
Mind you, I did it the other way round. I went through the BOAC process in 1959 but decided that I would have more fun in the RAF. I was not wrong.