sassoon award
I won it in 1990. At that time it was awarded to 4 or 5 aircraft apprentices a year, who where suitable and likely to go aircrew.
If you won, you had 8 weeks or so at RAF Brize Norton flying club, and enough free hours to gain your PPL.
I got hit by "options for change" in 1991, when they stop recruiting pilots for a while, although they did offer me admin sec, or provost. They promised me I'd be able to tranfer to pilot when pilot training re-started.........
I went loadie instead.
No regrets at all!!!!!!