A_A, I agree with you in respect of 'the hard part is getting a place at BRNC'. For those of you that don't know, I passed AIB with a FAT score of 120 (Pilot) and didn't get a place (far from it according my debrief).
However, you do get two chances to sit you FAT's, I shall be doing my second attempt soon in the hope of boosting myscore.