Fair comment sagey, and I am familiar with the posts in the military pilots section. However I think it is important to realise that there are more people pass for pilot after the AIB than there are places available. Therefore although you may pass the aptitudes and the AIB (which I did) this does not guarantee you a place as a pilot at BRNC. This is what happened to me for the Septmeber intake. It's pretty frustating when although you make the grade you are told that you are not high enough up on the pecking order - I'm not bitter though, honest! Thus by restricting yourself to pilot only you may be shutting doors which at a later stage you may well wish you left open. Obviously this depends entirely on whether your objective is to be solely a pilot or if you want to join the RN in any capacity.