Do you think that OATS take up references from UASs before they invite you to second stage interview (if you put it on your application form)? It's just I was in one, but I don't think I'd get a very good reference from the Squadron Commander as he and I had a personality difference.
Did they really take on people who were part way through University? I heard that OATS (or BM?) don't like to take people out of University.