That is why they are called the Senior Service, then again 2 and a bit decades ago I was chatting to a nice blonde nurse who was naive and her bf was an ATC WO waiting to enter OASC and she said "oh in case you did not know it the RAF is the senior service lol"
It has come to a mutually beneficial ending in a weird form or fashion ..however could we all agree it could have turned out a hell of a lot worse, for example he could have ended up (unwillingly) in the company of certain 4 lettered sponsored / linked individuals out to do no good in this world... and the ending would be far from a happy one for sure.......