All good, sound advice here. If it's ALM or bust, then there may be some merit in doing the training, getting streamed and then leaving if the result is not as desired. A tough route, but if time's on his side, then why not? Reasonable pay while in, a good "life experience" and a chance to fulfill the dream. If he wants it enough, it could be worth a punt.
To those that say this wastes the RAF's time and money, well, they brought this kind of thing on themselves.
As has been said before, though, if he's got the grades (or is likely to), tell him to seriously consider applying for pilot training instead. Like it or not, it's a pilot's RAF, run BY pilots FOR pilots. At OASC, he can put Pilot, WSO then WSOp as his choices. I did and many others do too, as the ignominy of joining one of the ground branches is all too much to bear...
