I don't know that much about the army, but surely there's a way around that Murph? Can you not talk to your poster about a commission for that purpose? Or even change service, neither the RAF nor Navy seem to have a huge surplus of junior officer helicopter pilots that they couldn't use another. There was an army chap on my course who came from the ranks, got a commission, then did ETPS (he'd just made Major last I saw him).
If you're ever passing by Wallop incidentally, drop me a line. I live just around the corner and would be glad to let you buy me a beer whilst I tell you how frightening ETPS is.
G
[ 29 August 2001: Message edited by: Genghis the Engineer ]