CP, PN,
Fair points, but if one does try and sadly not make it, why not be grown up and face the facts, rather than vainly trying to pull the wool over people's eyes? Let's face it, the RAF doesn't want to chop people it's spent money on, so if you are chopped, it's because you can't do it! I'm not proud to admit that I couldn't fly a Hawk well enough, and it was a shame to get chopped on my Wings trip, but it was a fair cop and I'm grateful that I was given the chance to try. After I was chopped I was more interested in moving on than trying to pretend I should have made the Synchro Pair but was seen off by a bad instructor!
By all means be sad but don't make up excuses, it's insulting to people's intelligence!