Anybody got any experience of this?
Not
exactly the same phenomenon, but see my Post No 17 at
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...ours-list.html and specifically the last para.
So far as being "passed over" is concerned, I believe that the USN has even tougher rules, whereby any officer who "fails to select" twice is either retired or taken off active duty after six months!
Jack