Teresa, that would have been Dave H, was it? If so, we weren't the best of mates for reasons not worth pursuing now. WRT the rest of your imaginative yarn, I know nothing! I do recall the instructors' reunions up Tamworth way where the real test was to drink a beer whilst hanging by your knees from the woolshed rafters, at the same time p.........
Hang on, I'll be ejected if I elaborate further.
Yes, I joined the civvy world in a manner of speaking - 25 years after the aforementioned pranks I was examiner B737, flying the line with AN. This was in the days when examiners were required to keep current so as to properly assess simulators.