fcom no it didn't show determination and commitment. The only admiration you got from your employer was here's another one adding money to our bottom line. Here's what happened, you did an approved course and you decided you wanted straight in the RHS of a shiny jet (because that is the course way it was sold to you) and you decided you were not going to do any of that menial stuff before getting in the RHS of a shiny jet. Your cheque book met our bean counters, a perfect marriage for you, end of.