Thankfully for those of us less academically endowed, good qualifications and long piloting careers are not linked
I know several pilots who went through the military route and the modular route, and neither of those groups did well at school, in fact some of them were quite the opposite! That's not to say they aren't intelligent, far from it in fact, but qualifications only open the door for you. They don't keep you from being kicked back out again if the person opening the door decides to change his mind!
That said, getting these opportunities is half the battle...
