If the guy makes the grade okay and goes on to do the job, then well done to him - and well done to the RAF for recognising the possible
PR value in all this. Cut him a little slack, it's nice that he actually wants to do something sensible...
Pray to heaven that the 'popping down the girlfriend's place' type of faux pas is a thing of the past, of course.
Personally I think he should have become a pilot on the Queen's flight - bodyguard issues then recede (they'd already be there for the pax) and he could avoid the need for duty visits to gran etc by simply arranging to fly her whenever it's been a while since they last had a chin wag.
Dave