Wow! TurboJ, thanks for that delightfully informative and civil post. You truly are a man of words.
I wasn't moaning - merely doing what hollingworthp observed - checking whether Stage 2 actually meant I'd passed an initial selection process. Seems I have. I am, as a result, not only stunned but delighted beyond belief.
It's a sorry time when one cannot ask a simple and innocent question without being treated to such a diatribe - particularly on a forum where, surely, we all have the same goal!?
If I ever fly with you in the confines of a flight deck, I'll be sure to consume the most noxious curry the evening before. That'll be a treat for you.