Who got past basic flying and wasn't good enough for advancement to FJs..
Alber,
There was never any prospect of King(Des) being allowed to fly FJ. Since the end of WW2, the overwhelming majority of our casualties have arisen in the FJ fleets and that simple fact drives the assessment of risk to an individual whose birth placed him on a different path from the rest of us. His father was in the same position - whatever you think of his later aviation exploits, the people involved in his initial training may choose to tell you that PoW had an excellent set of hands. It is not many of us who could climb into an ac after a year off and fly an IRT profile to Green standards - he did.
The man passed the SK OCU on his own merits as an aviator. He should be applauded for it, along with the rest of his course mates.