I think we all respect high standards, but the trouble is that at the moment selection at BA is going to be a very competive process...so the selection team can be
really really picky.
Permafrost tell us he/she flew to IR standards, excellent, but what if everybody else that day flew to a higher standard? He/she went around after going high and getting four whites - good decision but what if nobody else that day drifted into the four whites? What if Permafrost was on the edge for selection for things such as "Notechs" - BA trainers are nowadays very hot on assessing and debriefing "Notech" skills ( or lack of them!!!) during recurrent training.
Maybe the four whites was a red herring, maybe the four whites just tipped the balance of the selectors thinking. Seemingly Permafrost will never know because feedback is not offered ( wrongly IMHO ).
BTW and as an aside for the benefit of future applicants lets not start any folklore such as "BA will fail you if you go around"....'cos the selectors sure as *** will not be impressed with a landing off an unstable approach
....