Gingerbread Man,
You sound just like me speaking!! I had exactly the same problem you have.
I listened to the people at OASC and visited the School of Fighter Control and very very seriously considered it, but in the end I want to fly for a living, just like it sounds you do. With the RAF, I got the impression that everyone else was there to keep the aircrew in the air, and I just felt that I couldn't work day in and day out with people doing the job I had so badly wanted to do. That's why I binned it. Like Monkey says, i'll always be gutted about it, especially after passing everything else, but there's nothing we can do about it is there? <img src="rolleyes.gif" border="0"> Still, it's better to get rejected for being too tall rather than too short! <img src="wink.gif" border="0">
Look at it this way, you know you have the aptitude, you know you passed one of, if not the toughest, interview around and you passed the rest of the medical. Use that as a building block.
There is no problem with height and the airlines. Believe me, i've left no stone un-turned in finding this out. All you need to do is be able to hold a Class 1 medical. As far as i'm aware, there is no such thing as a leg reduction <img src="confused.gif" border="0"> Now that would be a messy op!!! <img src="tongue.gif" border="0">
Best of luck mate. Feel free to e-mail me about what I did when I got the dreaded news!!!
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